Last night after I calmed down I had a simple and very obvious epiphany. This is something that I’m probably the only one here didn’t understand for a while. The coronavirus is just going to be another problem we could easily solve but won’t. I mean think about Syria and Yemen and everywhere else there’s chronic violence and terror. All those people would need stable lives. And virus or no virus they’ve ALWAYS needed homes and safety and sanitation. Our willingness to turn our backs on those who suffer will not change. It’s not an equalizer. Those who manufacture and sell weapons will continue to do so with our consent. We can’t solve this problem or any problem when the entire planet runs on manufacturing death and oppression. Weapons, private automobiles, plastic, alcohol, tobacco, hateful pornography, flags, absurdly expensive shoes, lithium, diamonds, fossil fuels, nuclear energy, palm oil, Big Macs, insulin...
For a moment there I had a belief that there was a disruption and if survived there might be a better existence on the other side. If your life isn’t worth living it only makes sense to support anything that ends the current social structure IF you can live through it. It was game over before the virus and it’s still game over. Of course, my life can get worse. Lonelier, more uncomfortable, scarier. A common enemy doesn’t matter because we’re too far gone.
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