The voices of well-off newscasters complaining about people leaving their homes ring as hollow as when they talk about how much they love their Peloton bikes. Whether it be because so many had been living too close to the edge, or simply because people were already struggling to get by and had no way of doing otherwise, the reality is that a portion of the country were in no way prepared for this. And if bills need to be paid and food needs to be on the table, people are going to leave their houses.
Beyond that, many people aren’t going to listen to a government that has repeatedly over the decades shown itself to not be trustworthy. We can talk about antinomianism or libertarianism or anarchism among the people all we want, but their actions are a response to those who rule over them. We then often see the response “but God is a just ruler, and people still rebel against Him.” And yet Scripture itself lays the blame at the feet of human rulers as well. When those who rule live in wickedness and abuse the people, the people will eventually rebel, in ways however small or great.
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