Day 24: random thought for the day
Sunday, 19 April 2020 11:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
freckles_and_doubtYou know, in an internet age where "going viral" is an everyday and commonly understood term, you'd think that the average person would have enough awareness of the idea of spread and scale to not make bloody stupid decisions about their behaviour when the virus is, in fact, real.
The US situation is making my hair curl. My current theory is that Trump is, in fact, actively trying to kill people; I just think he's thinking of the victims as "not his voter base", i.e. "black". And that's going to bite him very hard in the butt, given that it's his asinine MAGA supporters who are clamoring in large physical crowds for the relaxing of lockdown in the few states that are actually being sensible.
Further thought: the coalitions of sensible states who are co-ordinating their responses so as not to infect each other is creating blocs which neatly mirror the starting point of any number of sf stories which imagine America split into separate countries. This is simultaneously horrifying and profoundly satisfying.
Virtual hugs to anyone in the US or UK whose government's responses are making them want to beat their heads against the wall.
The US situation is making my hair curl. My current theory is that Trump is, in fact, actively trying to kill people; I just think he's thinking of the victims as "not his voter base", i.e. "black". And that's going to bite him very hard in the butt, given that it's his asinine MAGA supporters who are clamoring in large physical crowds for the relaxing of lockdown in the few states that are actually being sensible.
Further thought: the coalitions of sensible states who are co-ordinating their responses so as not to infect each other is creating blocs which neatly mirror the starting point of any number of sf stories which imagine America split into separate countries. This is simultaneously horrifying and profoundly satisfying.
Virtual hugs to anyone in the US or UK whose government's responses are making them want to beat their heads against the wall.
