“The power you let government use today is the power they’ll use on you tomorrow”

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Entry from January 22, 2023

“The power you let government use today is the power they’ll use on you tomorrow”

“THE POWER YOU LET GOVERNMENT USE TODAY IS THE POWER THEY’LL USE ON YOU TOMORROW” (shown on an image) was posted on Twitter by The Anarchist Institute on November 6, 2022. The meme was posted on Facebook by The Libertarian Party of Tennessee about an hour later.

Twitter
The Anarchist Institute
@NoMasterNoRuler
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
THE POWER YOU
LET GOVERNMENT
USE TODAY IS THE
POWER THEY’LL USE
ON YOU TOMORROW
2:22 PM · Nov 6, 2022

Facebook
The Libertarian Party of Tennessee
November 6, 2022 at 3:32 PM ·
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
THE POWER YOU
LET GOVERNMENT
USE TODAY IS THE
POWER THEY’LL USE
ON YOU TOMORROW

Facebook
State Representative Danny McCormick
December 14, 2022 at 8:00 AM ·
Join Operation Golden Arrow at http://www.mccormick4la.com to stay in the know!
#mccormick4la
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
THE POWER YOU
LET GOVERNMENT
USE TODAY IS THE
POWER THEY’LL USE
ON YOU TOMORROW

Twitter
Declaration of Memes
@libertycappy
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
THE POWER YOU
LET GOVERNMENT
USE TODAY IS THE
POWER THEY’LL USE
ON YOU TOMORROW
2:00 PM · Jan 23, 2023

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