Commentary The COVID era we have been living through has been yet another reminder that, basically, there are two kinds of individuals in the world—those who are more comfortable obeying authority no matter its dictates and those who prefer to think for themselves. Obviously, it’s not quite that simple—there are degrees and it’s a sliding scale, as with so many things. Many people veer only slightly one way or the other. Still, others make decisions only to enhance their power and can flip-flop with ease. (These are the public officials we see suddenly changing their views on COVID because the public is no longer being so obedient.) But, at base, most people fit somewhere in these two large categories. We could call them the communists and the freedom lovers. Some of the former group squawk at that appellation, not considering themselves Marxists and regarding that as a smear, but that …