03-30-2020, 08:31 PM
(03-30-2020, 04:57 PM)David Horn Wrote:(03-30-2020, 03:12 PM)gabrielle Wrote: I'm not sure there is any "return to normalcy" after this. Covid 19 has caused the bottom to drop out from underneath us. Many in this country don't seem to realize how dire things really are, we are like cartoon characters briefly suspended in air before we fall. The only thing that might save us would be drastic measures such as what Sanders proposes (and Biden continues to waffle about), and I'm not even sure if that will be enough. I hope I'm wrong. Please God let me be wrong.
From a health perspective, this is no worse than the Spanish Flu in 1918. What's worse is the failure of leadership to follow the lessons of the past, and to hold the miscreants responsible for doing, well, nothing much. Trump may parlay this to a second term! That's simply astounding, except for the milquetoast response from the Dems.
If Bernie had a shot at the nomination (and that's dead-dead-dead), then taking a principled stand is exactly the right thing for him to do. He doesn't. Biden can't or won't step up, and Cuomo, who is, can't be the voice for the party. For some reason, the Dems are just flaccid all around -- and I include Nancy Pelosi on that list. It's Silent generation behavior -- as wrong for a 4T as you can get. Disgusting.
It's not merely taking a principled stand at this point, it's trying to save the country. Trying to save lives. 3.3 million people filed unemployment last week. Many of them are also losing their health insurance at a critical time. And Biden has just announced that the pandemic crisis has not changed his mind about single payer. This is not going to work. And that will become increasingly obvious in the next few weeks.
Why is it that the Siilents, old and increasingly feeble as they are, are still in prominent positions of power? Why haven't the younger generations stepped up to the plate (in a meaningful way--not the mad king and his circle of sycophants).