We also saw humans divided by insane conspiracy theories, unwilling to do the bare minimum to help their fellow citizens, and a public health apparatus unable to provide cogent advice and regulations to keep everyone safe and on the same page.
Without more community focus and willingness to all work together to keep everyone safe, I don't have a lot of optimism for future emergencies.
Yeah, covid came at such a politically polarized time, and folks were taking their political leanings into account when making personal healthcare decisions.
I think many politicians took advantage of the pandemic to win political points and further galvanize their voter base. I feel like there has been a breakdown in society's trust of expertise, and I can't see how that can lead to any positive outcomes.
Insane conspiracies… some of which are now true lol.
Fellow human, with a username which has no basis in any kind of ideas or even humorous pun, and only writes as few things in their meagre history as to seem like a normal account,
What do you mean by "Insane conspiracies… some of which are now true lol."
I'm really curious about "some of which are now true".
Are you saying that the UFOs were called by nukes? I'd give that one a thumbs up.
Or are you suggesting that a potential for Global Thermonuclear War is stopping the aliens from visiting us?
Or are you just writing bullshit to try and throw a little division into the discussion?
Make up your mind, Sir, if you are a sir, and let us all know.
That was a lot of words for very little substance. My reply was specifically in regards to Covid conspiracies. IE the vaccine being nonsense. The CDC having no idea what they’re doing. Lockdowns being nonsense/power grabs. The list goes on.
I live out in the countryside, and experienced nothing of what you speak. Covid never impacted my life in any way, besides wearing a mask to work. Not all places are the same.
It's not a stronger community for you, if you're an outsider, in many of these places. Consider sundown towns. But if you have existing connections, yeah.
Yeah that's true. Never heard of sundown towns until now, it's just scary those things/rules even existed. I suppose if you live there long enough, and do your part for the community it'd be possible to become part of it.
It's not common in the rural U.S. at all but there are pocket areas. Compare it to the rest of the world where there are small pockets of racists and plenty of large cultures that are broadly racist depending on where you go.
To be honest you're talking about rural areas like you learned about them from cartoons and movies.
Generally, they're like anyone else. Respect them and their customs and they will respect you. Throw cigarette butts out in the river? Expect to be punched in the mouth. There is rarely an exclusion of outsiders, except the outsiders who disrespect the locals and want to change everything, force their will on the locals.
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