so Trump is calling on his followers in Democratic led states to rise up & demand an end to lockdowns. This confirms my suspicious that Trump was basically elected as a last fuck-you to the governing class by Americans already in the process of committing mass suicide 1/
after all, who were his core supporters? Old people. Rural people. Middle aged small town working class males. The very profile of the people who were so determined to kill themselves with opiates that the death rate for males in the US was approaching post-Soviet Russia 2/
You have to admit it's not entirely unreasonable from their point of view: there are now myriads of Americans post-retirement age with no pension or savings living in their cars going from one job to another. Given that prospect, I'd consider doping myself to death too 3/
voting for Trump was the ultimate finger in the eye of the political class, a way of saying "when we look at politicians, what we see is what *you* see when you look at Trump: a loud, obnoxious, corrupt, narcissistic asshole. Now you'll have to deal with a cartoon of yourself" 4/
"as long as we're collectively driving our car into a cliff, let's take everyone else with us! Climate denialism! Bozo for President!" Now Trump is obliging them by encouraging protests against anyone trying to stop a disease that kills, who? mostly old people 5/
