The Crisis That Never Ended

[Bob Butler 54]

(03-31-2020, 05:48 PM)TheNomad Wrote: There are waves of younger people waiting to actually solve the emerging problems barely understood by the Ancients.  We should find a way to force them into retirement lest these struggles of the past decades visit us with more doom.

I would say the immediate solutions are clear enough.  Isolation.  Build the ventilators and PPE.  Get the equipment where it is needed.  Your talk of nobody understanding does not really apply to those watching the blue media.  The answers are obvious.

Same with values.  Some value the economy, and are minimizing the threat of the virus.  They see with their bank accounts and live in their dream worlds.  Some value people, and are asking why the federal government and some states are not taking action.  This is red and blue all over, whether you accept the science or create pleasant daydreams of there not existing any threats that a small government cannot handle.

I for one think the very young people think themselves immortal.  Mardi Gras.  Spring break.  Party on.  Those with a strong belief in the science should be in charge.  Of course, they are not.

But in the early days of a Crisis, you go with what you have got.  The Democrats have chosen seemingly a middle of the road guy (Biden) over the extreme action guy (Sanders).  This feels to me like a mistake.  By the time the Democratic convention comes along, we’ll see where the Coronavirus is and whether they change their minds.  It may be too late.  Biden may have enough votes for a first ballot win.

But wishing the young folk were in charge is as much of a fantasy as Trump is living in.