The biggest difference between the two is that the Iraq War happened a world away in a country full of brown people. It was thus easy to ignore. COVID is happening all around us and is killing white people just as readily as it kills everyone else. So, maybe, just maybe, we remember COVID.
Or maybe I still haven't lowered my expectations for the human race enough yet.
I agree. There's still hope for the American Left and the Worldwide Left. One defeat means nothing. We just need to pick up the pieces and continue our work.
The biggest difference between the two is that the Iraq War happened a world away in a country full of brown people. It was thus easy to ignore. COVID is happening all around us and is killing white people just as readily as it kills everyone else. So, maybe, just maybe, we remember COVID.
Or maybe I still haven't lowered my expectations for the human race enough yet.