The one thing I take from Instagram Reels is that a large number of Americans are spending this killer pandemic (200,000+ dead in 6 months) and emerging coup (end of American democracy) dancing their asses off with giant grins on their faces and apparently not a care in the world

PS/ Every time I go on Instagram I'm reminded how happy life can be if you spend not a moment of it thinking about what's happening to anyone else; I'm sure that's unfair, but I have to say that Twitter, unlike Instagram, actually *registers* what the hell is happening in America

PS2/ I think this is clear to most readers, but I'm not talking about social media feeds that register *both* the horror and hope in this era, I'm criticizing feeds that are nothing but wide-grin dancing and selfies day after day after day after day after day after day after day.

PS3/ Even having said this, if those who use their social media to project to the world that they've no idea whatsoever that anyone anywhere is suffering in historic ways—and that the American experiment is almost over—nevertheless go vote, I'm fine with it. But I have my doubts.