I'm not familiar with the author, but Blaise Ebiner, writing for American Greatness nails some fundamental points in this piece. Here's a sample....

QuoteEvery exercise in self-contradiction conditions people for subjugation. Compelling a willing populace to hold beliefs as true today that were false yesterday detaches people's minds further and further from logic and reality and places them at the feet of their rulers. The more willing people are to give up their own minds for the sake of whatever today's narrative may be, the better their rulers can mold them for whatever future designs they may have. The ease with which people continue to give in may be a harbinger of things to come. Future leaders with worse intentions than those in power now can take note and succeed in even more nefarious aims.

The principle of our ruling class is power: power over everyone, for whatever reason (or no reason), whenever they please. But what do their subjects believe in? Why do so many of our nation's once free and independent-minded people simply bow down to this authority and willingly do its bidding?

I encourage you to read the whole thing. It is well worth your time! The link above will take you to the article.