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I cannot comprehend the level of selfishness needed to see 100,000 people in your country dead from something in 3 months and call it "nothing" or a "hoax" so you can go to the beach or get a tattoo, and I cannot comprehend the volume of people capable of such selfishness.
I thought we had seen the limits of American tribalism for the last few years before COVID.
I legitimately did not believe it could extend to a 6-figure death pandemic. I'm blown away by our collective ability to sink ever lower. Keeping people alive is now a political stance.
I legitimately did not believe it could extend to a 6-figure death pandemic. I'm blown away by our collective ability to sink ever lower. Keeping people alive is now a political stance.
The horrible events of 9/11 killed about 3,000 Americans - and the unified reaction led to maybe the most bi-partisan cooperation in recent American history (including several terrible decisions, but the point remains).
Look how far we've devolved in two decades.
Look how far we've devolved in two decades.
A death toll 30x worse hasn't brought unity. One side has decided that since decimals like 0.5% or 1% look small to them, 100,000 dead people isn't actually a problem and certainly doesn't warrant incredibly minor sacrifices like wearing a mask or not going into huge crowds.
