But I also believe that the motivations of our honorable Governors are not all pure as the driven snow. I also believe both sides of the aisle are equally corrupt.
So you're telling me you seriously think DeWine and Inslee and the like want to impose a military dictatorship, or something? You expect the next elections in Washington State to be canceled as Inslee seeks to consolidate his power?
I have no love for Cuomo, but I think people think that because they have a blubbering moron on TV everyday spewing absolutely atrocious nonsense about the crisis. If George fucking Bush can look better compared to Trump, so can Cuomo.
And lest you think this is something of a superficial thing, it is not. People have a limited bandwidth on what they can focus on, especially during a crisis. And the asinine gorilla hurling balls of flaming poo is going to be take the focus away from the idiot barista assiduously pouring salt into the latte.
These are not related issues. They most certainly shouldn't be reopening blindly, because in America, rural doesn't just mean a sparser population, it also means way lower healthcare capacity per capita. They absolutely cannot handle a large outbreak, and opening early is an invitation for just that.
With New York, the outbreak was inevitable. While I'm right there with you in agreeing Cuomo and de Blasio have hardly done the best job, they're not burying their head in the sand and insisting nothing's wrong, either, though de Blasio came close, and got plenty of criticism for it too.
This is the thing that I never understand. If you don't like the bureaucracy, why don't you elect folks who will improve it, rather than folks who want to destroy it? How does that improve things?
There’s a reason why, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help you,” is one of the most frightening sentences in the English language.
It most assuredly is not. I think only someone with excessivel amounts of comfort and privilege can actually think that.
My government is mine. I have control over no other body in the world as much as I have on my government. The way to prevent bad government isn't to destroy it, but to deepen and strengthen the electoral process, which keeps the government accountable.
America has spent generations doing the reverse. And the mess of today is the price for it, though those paying are by no means the ones who deserve to.
*NM*
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