(1/2) USSR lied about Chernobyl. Japan lied about Fukushima. China has lied about Coronavirus. Countries lie for many reasons - ego, global standing, honor, propaganda. America has been far from perfect, but comparatively transparent. Now we run on bombast, spin, and narcissism.
The fact that we have a leader devoid of half the human emotional spectrum has not come into play yet as much as it will now. The fact that we have blind complicity among the lawmakers in his party means that the only thing that to likely move a needle is American deaths. (more)
FACT: He gutted our protective layer. FACT: He cut budgets to the CDC. FACT: He keeps taking steps to insulate us from science and learning. We cannot slide these under the rug. They have to be acknowledged regardless of how serious this pandemic becomes. The MSM has to do that.
