What's going to be jarring to see for Americans is the difference between functional and dysfunctional states in the union. Since the US is taking a state by state approach to fighting COVID-19, we'll see the failings of state infrastructure in the next few weeks...
and because of the open borders between states and a highly communicable, asymptomatic virus, my guess is we see functional states closing borders to protect their citizens in response to their neighbors.
But how do we defeat this without a country United? I wish we could learn from all these other nations, we had so many Cassandras... So much needless suffering
I love that the American spirit is one that is inherently anti-Federal, but we are still One Nation. And I worry this leads to an even more polarized country of States....More cynicism about this being a "Florida Problem not a New York Problem."
Soon we'll be listing all the states that pay more to the Fed than they take and vice versa. The spiral continues to fray the already damaged ties between states... Plus the effect #COVID19 has on city-dwellers feels/is more existential than suburban/rural folks, so more division
