American culture has zero to do with our failed strategy vis-a-vis covid, it's 100% a failure of governance. No one can maintain strict personal routines forever with no plan, no hope, and no honest communication from leaders.
Americans want to be governed. Trump won't do it.
Americans want to be governed. Trump won't do it.
For about a month and a half, Americans tuned into 5pm daily press conferences with Trump because they were *desperate* for information and leadership. He used his time to preen and fuck around.
It doesn't help that experts love to shame people for being confused and angry.
It doesn't help that experts love to shame people for being confused and angry.
Yup. My mayor Muriel Bowser in DC is a routine liar and idiot about covid. There's very little leadership anywhere, and frankly, the public health expert community hasn't covered itself in glory either. Trump did really set the tone though.
I've also been appalled by the American media. In February it was 'this is no worse than the flu' and 'masks don't work,' and for months it has been shaming people with pictures of beaches, as if that's a vector for spread. And arrogant liberals just love to sneer.
There are assholes in France, and lots of French people don't like Macron and associate mask-wearing with him. Yet France got this under control, because it's not about culture, it's purely about power.
Trump won't govern, American elites lie, and the public doesn't trust them.
Trump won't govern, American elites lie, and the public doesn't trust them.
