the universal "we" fails often but feels like it is especially failing now, as state's politicians say "together, we can beat this virus" to present the idea of a unified front or unified triumph. It's all blatantly false/hollow. Too many disparate interests living in that "we"

some of the "we" doesn't believe the virus is real or dangerous, some of the "we" has the power to push for resources that will take care of folks/allow for them to stay home more effectively. the "together, we can..." absolves the powerful (as the universal "we" often does)

I can't stop thinking about that absurd governor's address yesterday (forgive me -- I know some of you are veterans of the bullshit, but it was the first one I'd actually watched) & struggling to come to terms with "let's all love each other" as a pandemic strategy

can't "Live Laugh Love" your way out of a pandemic, or at least not this one