COVID-19 reality for us

[GregL]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

wait, did i open the thread where people debate how to fix our governance shortcomings?

c'mon guys. no need to go on and on about that here.

I think the postings you referenced were made in the spirit of our current COVID19 discussion. I’ll venture the opinion that we all agree the current failings of government to effectively respond to COVID19 are rooted in basic problems with our political system. And the opinions offered were not aligned with political party affiliation. Everyone was respectful and non-partisan. Thank you for allowing the discussion!

Greg

[FlashUNC]

Originally Posted by GregL

I think the postings you referenced were made in the spirit of our current COVID19 discussion. I’ll venture the opinion that we all agree the current failings of government to effectively respond to COVID19 are rooted in basic problems with our political system. And the opinions offered were not aligned with political party affiliation. Everyone was respectful and non-partisan. Thank you for allowing the discussion!

Greg

What he said.

Sometimes we can cosplay as adults.

[akelman]

Originally Posted by GregL

I’ll venture the opinion that we all agree the current failings of government to effectively respond to COVID19 are rooted in basic problems with our political system.

Nope. We don't all agree that's the case. I don't agree because the response has differed massively from state to state. There have been excellent responses (see, for example, Ohio, which has a Republican governor, and California, where the governor is a Democrat) and weak responses (I'll leave this one alone). The federal response, though, has been a disaster from the beginning through today. That's not a function of basic problems with our political system. It's a problem of ineffective, corrupt leadership. Put another way, the problem isn't structural, though our political structures could always use improvement.

[XXtwindad]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

wait, did i open the thread where people debate how to fix our governance shortcomings?

c'mon guys. no need to go on and on about that here.

Strongly disagree, Nick. It is just not possible to talk about the Pandemic while decoupling it from the political and environmental circumstances that allowed it to manifest. I actually think it's a much more interesting - and relevant - conversation than the virus itself.

[onsight512]

Originally Posted by hilltopperny

<snip> two sides of the same coin folks and none of them give a $#!t about you or your family. Politics is pro wrestling and it would be naive to believe that any party or government is going to save us from anything.

I realize that this won’t be popular here, but all these politicians do in public is battle to divide us into groups and sub groups so that we don’t unite and get things done that would benefit all of us. Focusing on our differences in order to exploit us and keep us docile and it clearly works. Looking to politicians who are all in bed with large corporate interests and the ruling class is like having a pack of rabid wolves watch over your children!

100%

[AngryScientist]

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

What he said.

Sometimes we can cosplay as adults.

well you can cosplay as adults who discuss the merits of term limits, campaign finance, gerrymandering and other aspects of our political system only tangentially related to covid elsewhere.

Thank you.

We will now, again take a time out on this thread to be reminded that this is not a political forum.