Milton Freedman had the answer to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEVI3bmN8TI (One Minute)

When enough of us do this, the diktats won’t matter anymore.

New Yorkers: Do the words “Democrat Socialist” mean anything to you?

Well they are going to come to mean a whole lot more to you if they don’t now.

https://nypost.com/2020/07/22/democratic-socialists-expected-to-shake-up-new-york-state-assembly/

Democrat Socialism: Democratic socialism is a political philosophy that advocates for political democracy alongside a socially owned economy, with a particular emphasis on workers’ self-management and democratic control of economic institutions within a market socialism economy, or some form of a decentralized planned socialist economy. Democratic socialists argue that capitalism is inherently incompatible with the values of freedom, equality and solidarity and that these ideals can only be achieved through the realization of a socialist society.

Socialism: Socialism is a political, social, and economic philosophy encompassing a range of economic and social systems characterized by social ownership of the means of production and workers’ self-management of enterprise as well as the political theories and movements associated with such systems. Social ownership can be public, collective or cooperative ownership, or citizen ownership of equity. There are many varieties of socialism and there is no single definition encapsulating all of them, with social ownership being the common element shared by its various forms.

Notice how the two definitions mean the exact same thing? Social ownership (That means NOT you) and control of what was private property and the means of production.

There are people in New York State and in the country for that matter that believe that this designation “Democratic Socialist” is in some way a more acceptable designation and it really does not mean “Socialism”. Well they are very sadly wrong and they are very self delusional. In both Socialism and in Democratic Socialism you lose your freedom and private property rights. Let that sink in. Some group of, of course “Well meaning” people, tell you what you can and can not do.

These psychological word games that the Left plays are specifically designed to make Americans who are unhappy with the chaos and contentiousness of the politics of the day with what seems a reasonable alternative and solution. Well its not, your being manipulated by professional propagandists and trained Marxists bent on the destruction of America and our Constitution, plain and simple.

This email is directed to you personally so take some time and hash this mind game out because you must understand it and reject it. “I did not know” will not be an acceptable answer to the question: How did America turn into a Socialist country, and how were the people who were so free and wealthy able to be fooled like that?

How will you answer this question America? I will not accept “I did not know”.

Here we are.

Do you remember being able to protect yours and your property. Now those who do get charged!

Stupid men and stupid women, who fail to perceive truth under their very noses, fail to apply simple math and to recognize, let alone complete, fill-in-the-blank areas of patchy news reports, fall for the oldest trick in the book, of being frightened into giving up what could only otherwise be taken by force.

The person who gently but firmly insists I wear a mask thinks that I am just too dumb to understand the threat. I don’t think I’m smarter than she is, I KNOW I am because she just proved it: those who are truly smart know that being smarter than the average bear doesn’t mean the average bear has to treat you as her superior.

As for selfish? The most selfish people on earth declare: “I’m afraid I’m going to get sick so I insist that you greatly inconvenience yourself in every way because I’m afraid.”