perhaps if he had quit in March 2020 when Trump's reptilian sycophants had tried censoring mortality rates, people would have known the truth. But then again, would anyone who is actually against totalitarianism ever be promoted to that position? People who have morals wouldn't even get hired

      • NonWonderDog [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        And now the liberals everywhere defend this as "he was responding to a mask shortage, to prevent a run. We needed to save masks for health-care workers."

        Which, first, just nationalize the fucking mask distribution holy shit. Second, you can just tell people to make their own masks? They even did that months afterwards.

        But more to the point, even if this was absolutely true and justified and necessary and democracy is evil and people must never know the truth and you have to lie to the rubes for their own good, he has to resign by the libs' own stupid rules of narrative. You can't be both the guy that lies to people for their own good and the meritocratic authority in whom everyone has to trust. It's not some noble sacrifice, fall-on-your-sword-for-the-greater-good morally ambiguous choose-the-lesser-evil moment if you stay in your position of power and suffer no consequences for it.