And permantly disfigured even more with long COVID.
They knew what would happen. The US is wealthy with a huge military force. They could have locked down and mobilised their army to protect people until it was over.
But the oligarchs didn’t want to slow their profits and give up even an inch of their wealth and power, so COVID was allowed to run rampant. They sacrified their own people to the virus. These people did not willingly sacrifice themselves, they were killed through purposeful negelect.
They also encouraged other countries to do the same. My own country hardly had any deaths before US officials visited and pressured them to open again.
It’s no longer tracked properly so who knows the full extent of the death.
This could be one of the largest mass killings in history.
The worst part is when the news tries to spin how traumatic it was for kids to endure our pathectic excuse for a ‘lockdown’, instead of how traumatic it was to watch our countries murder millions for nothing and hear our friends and families parrot eugenics talking points to try and justify it.
EDIT: [CONTENT WARNING] There is a blue MAGA from another instance in the comments who is hand waving away peoples COVID experiences, so if you have lost a loved one to this disease or had your life or loved ones affected by it, reading the comments here might stir some trauma. Just a heads up.
Then maybe that political party is far below standards and maybe shouldn’t be considered the bare minimum.
Better than bad isn’t good.
Come on, you were there. You had to have at least read about Nancy Pelosi showing off her ice cream freezer or Biden pushing for people to go back to work while we were dealing with new variants.
That’s not harm reduction. That’s depraved indifference.
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You know what, I’m being unfair. You lack such a fundamental understanding of material conditions that you believe a sitting Congressperson talking about ice cream for a viral video wasn’t harmful. That’s time, effort, and attention that could’ve gone towards doing her actual job.
Conservatives weren’t going to listen to Nancy Pelosi either way, but her minimizing the severity of covid caused actual harm.
Making ice cream videos is comparable to anti-lockdown policies when you’re one of the most powerful people in the United States. One of the people who could’ve pushed for stronger covid policies.
Maybe you should reevaluate your understanding of harm reduction and acceptable harm.
There’s that ableism again, asshole. Not everyone you disagree with is mentally ill, and even if they were, that doesn’t make them bad people.
Unlike you. You choose to be an asshole. Fuck you.
why aren’t we blocking the term?
I don’t know. I only used it to quote it and I hate when edgy internet people use it to describe people that they don’t like, implying that mental illness (which is what BAD people have amirite?
) is why someone dares to disagree with them.