A virus, an economic collapse, and a government tragedy

Something interesting right now is that in November if we still have a country and a government, I will be voting for either Bernie Sanders or a Libertarian. I think the Libertarian I would vote for is named Jo Jorgensen.  Those are the two extreme opposites but I think that is where the best people are and I will not be voting for Biden or Trump under any circumstances, even to prevent Trump or Biden from winning. I also am watching the tragedy of the coronoravirus bill with terrible sadness as they write big checks to corporations and small checks to people who need groceries. I am saying some people will get 1200 dollars and some people will get 600, and it is all about a week later than what was needed.  As much as equality is a concept misused very commonly to take away what people earn, there can’t be a situation more leveling than this disease outbreak, and for Republicans to deny their real job of treating people fairly and instead try to make themselves the judges and rewarders of supposed work ethic and virtue is a disgrace and at the heart of their continual discrimination. The only thing weirder and sicker is their worship and favor of corporations, who aren’t giving workers their fair share of wages already, so why would we trust them with a bailout that could have gone straight to the people.

National Looters

    There are some realizations happening I think with the coronoravirus crisis where we suddenly see some of the risk that people have put themselves in to serve their fellow humans, to contribute to the economy in humble and faithful ways, and sometimes to simply provide for themselves responsibly. I am talking about grocery store cashiers, and of course the health care people, but especially the grocery store people who have for many years been the lowest paid workers in our country.  You could see glimpses of it during snow days when everyone gets their food and the cashiers drive home on the snowy roads, but really I think it has been more apparent than that, with just the usual amount of discipline and patience it takes to get through several hours or a whole day standing in one place facing the public, which can be collectively impatient to the point of abuse.  Of course some customers are nice, and the grocery store jobs turn out to be the secure jobs as the economy crumbles some, hopefully temporarily.  But we should still not miss this clue that maybe cashiers have always been underpaid and under-appreciated by people who have no excuse, which is mostly companies, but also in a way, all of us as consumers who tolerate it.

    As people get desperate, there could be an additional level of safety risk not just due to the contagion of the virus, but also because of people targeting stores for stealing, hoarding, and other bad mob behavior.  I should not be pessimistic, and I think already military support has been activated to keep people safe, but I think it will be interesting to see what kinds of company sharks continue to chew up their employees and hide their money that could have strengthened our whole society to face any epidemic with total resources and justice for everyone. It makes you think about who are the real looters.  When people come into the stores with baseball bats, it could still be a thin disguise for the real bullies collecting the most cash from all of it, who literally are so far from the scenes that their only link to the stores are their rapidly increasing bank accounts, growing in exact inverse proportion to the health and safety of their employees and stock market slaves.