The Covid nightmare began in earnest back in March. While Italy was in the throes of the pandemic, politicians such as Trump and Boris Johnson denied there was a problem and that it would quickly go away. The USA and Great Britain quickly found out that politicians are not doctors and the deaths caused by the virus quickly escalated.
Madness prevailed in the USA as scientists said one thing and politicians said another. The growing faction of stupid people in the country increased at an alarming rate. If the escalating deaths weren't enough we had a police officer suffocate a man and it was caught on video. Years of mistrust and abuse came to head with protests and rioting in some of our major cities.
Did our government try to bring about peace? No! And I mean NO! Trump threatened to send in troops to squash the protests. Governors, already trying to cope with the virus, were caught off guard and were slow to respond. The ensuing mayhem was exacerbated by a president who had the military clear a path to an Epsicopal church by tear-gassing a crowd of peaceful protesters, including a priest.
Trump is not a Christian by any definition of the term. Yet millions of Evangelical Christians follow the man. What is wrong with these people. They spout out bullshit about being pro-life, while at the same time they support putting children in cages, promote racism, turn their backs on the poor, and enrich the coffers of their televangelists at a obscene level.
When Judgement Day arrives their will be much gnashing of teeth and wailing. The righteous follow the tenets of the prophets. Instead the Evangelicals concentrate of one small area and ignore the rest.
Perhaps we need to do what South Africa has done and set up a Council of Reconciliation. Simultaneously we need to have a cohesive plan to attack the virus. We need to eliminate racism and set a path towards peace and equal justice. The time of politicians becoming rich off while in office must end.
There is hope for the country, but I give us only a ten percent chance of this republic surviving. Democracy has become a joke and the rich want it all. Greed has become the mantra of this country. We don't have good leaders and considering the level of ignorance and rampant stupidity shown by the general population, I don't see smart, compassionate, people being elected. I don't have a good feeling about our future.
