And, I suppose, this is how the West was lost.
I think we all predicted this months ago. People just won't stay home. Bombs arent dropping in their neighborhood. They don't see tons of dead bodies on TV, and when they do see the graves and hear the death toll it just falls on deaf ears. After years of sensationalism and opinion news, its hard for people to take anything seriously because it seems the entire populous now has the attention span of a ferret on meth. Lots of people are looking at NY like #ohnothatsucks and want to just go about their day. I think I've mentioned this before, but most of America could absolutely care less about the rest of the world, its almost as if other countries don't exist and I'm dead serious about that. They never have to interact with you got dang foreigners and seeing the tragedy unfold around the world really doesn't mean much. A lot of people protested the Iraq war, but at some point bombing the middle east was normalized as millions died by our hands. As of today in my county, we have 400 confirmed cases, 18 deaths and 119 hospitalizations. Were the second largest county in Florida and a lot of people are either living in poverty or are too old to give a fuck about anything.
COVID-19 is this nebulous threat that has no direct affect on people who don't have it. Try explaining to the people who are at the food banks, who literally can no longer pay their bills or feed themselves that they have to social distance and lose their job for the greater good. They won't do it. I honestly wouldn't do it if I was in that position. You give me the choice of sacrificing my life for the good of all or saying fuck it and doing anything I can to get a job to feed / shelter myself and my family, you better believe I'm choosing the later. I'd rather die with the virus than starve with no hope for a future. Im not sure who all of you have been in the position of losing everything and being on the streets, but those that have might be able to sympathize. Ive read parts of the gulag archipelago, people are fucking monsters when it comes to survival. I won't pretend like I'd be any different and I can understand those who feel the same.
There's so much at play here, so much people don't see, and so many assumptions.
Also its really nice outside, I just cleaned the gutters out and got some nice sun. Its been about 95 ish the last couple days. Humidity was around 90% this morning. I hope theyre right about heat and humidity killing the virus.
however those need to be addressed as well as, not instead of.
I 110% agree. I'm not trying to go full "LEAVE BRITTANY ALONE!" with Trump, Im just trying to find a middle ground in this because we all know damn well that theres so much more going on worth looking into other than the daily briefings from the white house. I would be exhausted and bitter If I were riding the fuck trump train. Theres more to the world than HIS actions, but he absolutely loves the attention. There's no such thing as bad press. I feel the press should be asking better questions though. You've had 4 years to figure out how to talk to trump but the more you can spin on him the better your ratings are. I need numbers, I need the lack of food and funding at the food banks addressed. I absolutely need the tensions between us and china addressed, the tensions between us Iran and Russia addressed. I need the readiness of our military addressed if the navy is willing to publicly state that were bringing ships out of service because of this (the art of war says, when you are strong, you must make your enemy think you are weak, Its the only reason I can think of for broadcasting this to the world). I need to know if theyre worried about civil unrest. I need to know what kind of programs they are considering other than stimulus checks to help people out, or what they are going to do on top of that, not just "were giving loans to small businesses to keep people employed. I need them to demand more cabinet members to get up there to answer questions. I need them to get more interviews from the house and senate members, and not just "what do you think about trump saying X, or how he addressed X". I need them to do a better job with investigative journalism and dig into the important shit and stop being lazy. I almost hope joe biden wins just so we can watch the media kiss his ass and start reporting on the more important stuff. I am seriously tired of trump trump trump trump trump.
Maybe your leaders in other countries have more power in your government, but people forget that our government has 3 branches, none more powerful than the other, however the news may make it seem. Maybe the movies and TV have built this Idea of what a president should be, or maybe they don't care about the actions of the president but just how he presents himself like with Obama. IMO the president isn't some godly world leader, our constitution supersedes him and the interpretation of the constitution lies with our judicial branch. Since I could comprehend what politics are all about its always the same bullshit. Lies, deceit, false promises and placing a need for power and money over the lives of those they are supposed to serve. It will never change. You don't get into these positions without those goals in mind. They wouldn't let you get that far up the ladder if you weren't going full on Machiavelli. Deception is the #1 rule of war and it crosses over into politics. From what ive gathered on the googles, "The Art of War" and "The Prince" are on Trumps reading list. Those are 2 books that will absolutely help you understand politics more than you realize because they are about strategy and the state.
Were a country of 50 states, with the governors holding the ultimate authority. Trump is not king. Why isn't congress getting their ass ripped more? Why do I see all the negative reporting on republicans? Some will say "well the republicans are the only ones fucking up". I feel that stance is absolutely naive to hold. I want and am trying to find BALANCE. I want and am trying to find the truth.
My thoughts are a bit broken here, but I think it gets my point across.
