Far too much truth in this. At this moment of maximum peril, we’re tolerating the turning of workers in meatpacking plants & grocery stores, seniors in nursing homes & heedless churchgoers into sacrificial offerings to the gods of “freedom” & “choice.” /1 https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-05-08/coronavirus-and-american-tolerance-for-mass-deaths">https://www.latimes.com/business/...
/2 Quoting @ASlavitt: “Our government has a higher tolerance for unnecessary deaths than other countries. School shootings, shootings in church, at concerts, in night clubs. People in nursing homes. Meat plants. Prisons.” https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-05-08/coronavirus-and-american-tolerance-for-mass-deaths">https://www.latimes.com/business/...
/5 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😥" title="Disappointed but relieved face" aria-label="Emoji: Disappointed but relieved face">Today’s America: our hypocritical back-to-work movement rhetorically praises front-line workers as courageous and indispensable, but we demonstrate, by our actions and policies (& @realDonaldTrump& #39;s lack of empathy), that we consider them disposable.. https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-05-08/coronavirus-and-american-tolerance-for-mass-deaths">https://www.latimes.com/business/...
/4 #Covid_19 infection & death rates are higher for Black/ Latino Americans, because our political leadership (which enjoys excellent health care) finds expedient the principle that the government shouldn’t provide universal healthcare or a living wage. https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-05-08/coronavirus-and-american-tolerance-for-mass-deaths">https://www.latimes.com/business/...
/3 Our psychological distancing techniques allow our political leaders & political cliques to rationalize our social pathologies as merely the cost of serving a higher purpose (say, mass shootings are just collateral damage, honoring the 2nd Amendment). https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-05-08/coronavirus-and-american-tolerance-for-mass-deaths">https://www.latimes.com/business/...
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