by John Galt » Thu Jul 02, 2020 12:38 pm
facts don't matter to some people
the first part of the virus, okay, that could be excused, but there is no excuse for this. we know how to handle and defeat it, and yet, we do not do so.
generations ago american put their mind to it and solved the problem of european barbarism that plagued this world. we kept on working together and we claimed the moon for america for all time. now? we can't even bring ourselves to tell people to wear masks outside to save the lives of fellow americans and beat a simple virus.
and like TR says in my signature, americans only learn from catastrophe. and here we are
Americans learn only from catastrophe and not from experience. -- Theodore Roosevelt
My life has become a single, ongoing revelation that I haven’t been cynical enough.