Joe Rogan Calls Vaccine Passports A Step Toward Dictatorship

What was once laughed off as a talking point has slowly become a reality here in the U.S. Proof of vaccination is now mandatory in order to partake in essential tasks, such as going to the grocery store or attending school, in some cities and states.

Infamous podcaster Joe Rogan spoke on this issue during the latest episode of The Joe Rogan Experience released on Friday. In it, he calls out politicians who have demanded vaccine passports and warned them that these mandated health choices are telltale of an authoritarian government.

Addressing leadership like New York's tandem of totalitarianism, Mayor Bill DeBlasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who have made proof of vaccination the "key to NYC," Rogan provides a sobering take that reminds Americans that, up until recently, they weren't forced to provide papers to do simple tasks.

“That’s what the (expletive) is happening,” said Rogan. “That’s what’s going to happen with the vaccine passport. That’s what’s going to happen if they close borders. You can’t enter New York City unless you have your papers! You can’t go here unless you have that! You can’t get on a plane unless you do what I say. ...

“You have one step away from a king. One step closer. You’re moving one step closer to dictatorship.”

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Rogan also went on the offensive against Americans who bend the knee to fluctuating CDC and Blue state rulings, which emboldens governments to bend the rules even further. Such sycophantic Americans also ignore the data about the virus and the menial role of masks.

“Because they’re dumb,” Rogan says about such people, “they don’t understand history, they don’t understand human beings, they don’t understand human nature. They don’t understand the history of every single country that’s ever existed other than the United States.” 

Rogan reiterated the benefits of at-risk Americans getting the vaccine and directed his fervor at the growing list of politicians now power-hungry after implementing such stringent COVID restrictions in 2020. Among them is California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who may have precipitated Rogan's departure from the Golden State in favor of the Lone Star State last year, so the podcaster speaks from experience. Right now, Rogan foresees lite dictatorships beginning to foment.

Another reminder: sports suck under dictatorships.

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