NGL, the scale of it all has really been a shock to me. The US Covid outcomes have not only just been bad... but like, worst in the world bad. Worse than developing countries with far fewer resources. Worse than other countries with their own far right demogogues in power. It's almost like they're deliberately trying to cull people.

I mean, the government has really dropped the ball with disaster response in recent past... Hurricane Katrina, Flint, BP Gulf Oil Spill, Hurricane Sandy, California wildfires... but at least there there was the plausible deniability that those were regional issues... or surprise, surprise, a government that overwhelmingly represents corporate interests DGAF about the poor and marginalized... who were disproportionately hurt by those events.

Covid effects literally everyone. Like, it's objectively bad for global capital and it's got the supply chain seriously screwed up. The petty bourgeoisie are livid and the government has completely lost control of the narrative, or any sense of authority. As much as the media wants to overrepresent the "Covid is a hoax" crackpot stuff... I think that's just wishful thinking on their part and... the sentiment on the ground is actually far more sinister and desperate.