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Reddit sends daily e-mails with suggested topics of interest. Occasionally one intrigues me sufficiently to click on it. Today this one intrigued me-
"In 20 years someone will ask what was covid lockdown like, how will you answer?"
IN between anecdotal posts describing heroes, humanitarians, boredom, horrors and hobbies, this:
"I was an essential worker. It was the year I understood the depth of how little Americans care about each other."
and few of the responses that justify that opinion:
...I am an ICU doctor and my view of humanity and society is irrevocably cynical after going through that.
... the "strength" of a community is really tested in times like that. It was unpleasant to see the sheer disregard people had for each other. Placing their comfort over someone's health.
... It was infuriating. I worked in retail at the end of it and people were mean as hell
... The abject failure of most Americans to: "ask not what [their] country can do for [them] - ask what [they] can do for [their] country” was appalling.
If our national character took a personality inventory it would say: "narcissistic sociopath"
The refusal of 'conservatives' whether bikers, religious organizations, or 'freedom' absolutists, to abstain from events that epidemiologists knew would certainly spread a contagious virus. The stupidity embraced by some 'liberals' wrt science denial was equally depressing.
That lack of caring is growing in the right wing, fueled by hate inducing right wing media.
Rich guys financing rage/hatred media to get the votes of demographic composed of religionists, gun lovers, bigots, racists, and assorted ignoratti, so they vote for laws that make the rich guys richer.
Recently, in response to another mass shooting, the orange guy said we just have to 'get over it.' Kids getting shot... get over it.
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How about 'the orange guy' modelling leadership by proudly ripping off his Covid mask in front of a national audience while President of the United States?
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I love reading this board. Please, let's not bring politics to this board.
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The post concerns how, 20 years from now,people will view the Covid lockdown, ie, "what was it like."
Posting about it on an atheist board ought to imply that there's a difference between how most athiests view the covid pandemic vs the other demographics (left,right,biker,ammosexual,religulous, orange) that merged in their views dismissing the gravity of the event.
From an atheistic or sociological perspective, don't you find it interesting/troubling how people from various positions in society, and from both sides of the aisle, justify their indifference to the sickness and death that results from ignoring science? It's not realistic to exclude political affiliations on the topic since 'conservatives' are more likely to express science skepticism; atheist the least.
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I agree that conservatives are more likely to be skeptical of scientific claims. However, I will note that there is a large segment of the anti-vax community (not specifically COVID) that are educated middle class liberals. A shocking amount, really.
But, in terms of COVID, the states that suffered the most were generally "redder". Without looking it up again, I think all of the top 10 are "red states" (or maybe all but one), and the bottom 10 states (least suffering) were all "blue states". Which reflects a general suspicion of science in the one demographic, and the concurrent disdain for "experts".
