05-20-2020, 11:08 AM
We have been slow to get out of a Degeneracy that has powerful backers who can profiteer from it. But sticking with this Degeneracy ensures ever-increasing disasters. The Plague of 2020 is something that few of us would have predicted. I expect perhaps North Korea to invade South Korea only to find out that China and Russia found South Korea better markets for weaponry.
The economic elites of the Double-Zero Decade could thwart major reforms with the aid of a Tea Party that it sponsored. The Tea Party is loud and abrasive as ever, especially in "Liberate (Michigan/Minnesota/Wisconsin)" rallies. Except that people are getting sick after attending those. No Schadenfreude on my part; these fanatics are infecting innocent people.
The Plague of 2020 has compelled people to change their ways, even shutting down usually-profitable activities. Mindless consumerism is a basis for a vibrant economy, but if it can kill us, then we need something else.
The economic elites of the Double-Zero Decade could thwart major reforms with the aid of a Tea Party that it sponsored. The Tea Party is loud and abrasive as ever, especially in "Liberate (Michigan/Minnesota/Wisconsin)" rallies. Except that people are getting sick after attending those. No Schadenfreude on my part; these fanatics are infecting innocent people.
The Plague of 2020 has compelled people to change their ways, even shutting down usually-profitable activities. Mindless consumerism is a basis for a vibrant economy, but if it can kill us, then we need something else.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.