brb, learning video editing so I can have an echoey "stronger than we went in" chant in the background as I show a montage of death, destruction, and despair.
Eugene_V_Dabs knows how to do stuff. I am no poster, only a commenter in the game of life.
Stronger than we went in. Stronger than we went in. Stronger than we went in. :whywhywhywhywhy:
I mean, I'm sure from his perspective that is true. Observing the real economy though, definitely not. People are increasingly despondent and out of it. Even among the patriotic liberals in the Midwest there is little belief or enthusiasm for the 'American project'.
This is mostly a project in how long can we coast on the ill-gotten gains of empire.
What's distressing is that so many people believe this horseshit
Libs moved on.
NYT May 24, 2020: U.S. Deaths Near 100,000, An Incalculable Loss
NYT February 5, 2022: 900,000 Dead, but Many Americans Move On
We have reached a new plateau. Apparently the troughs of this wave of covid infections are higher than the peaks of some of the early waves.
