It seems like we are watching the (slow) de-legitimization of American liberal democracy unfold. At least from my perspective. For example, the other day, my normally progressive-liberal parents were talking about how they would prefer to live in China at this point. It put me off guard ngl. People are losing faith, even if Biden's win has given many a brief dose of copeium. What do y'all think?
It straight up is just like Chernobyl, down to that HBO show's portrayal even. I know some people who work at a nursing home, when COVID hit visitors were not allowed in, but staff of course could come in and out. A nurse worked 2 part time shifts in different hospitals, one of which had a policy where masks were not allowed to be worn by the nurses in order to "not incite panic among patients". Lo and behold that nursing home gets the rona and it's believed that the part timer brought it over.
I think the creator of the show wanted to draw a parallel with the Chernobyl disaster and climate change, but COVID is the perfect analog of how neoliberal capitalism can inflate any disaster to a total one.