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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
We needed a technocrat to handle this, not a politician. The politician's right role is to say "what do you need" to the technocrat, and to have a conversation with the American people about why they should give the technocrat what they need.
Because a virus doesn't give a shit what your political ideology is.
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That'd be ideal, but as I'm playing with a handful of really bad cards, the best I could offer was Pence. He at least sounds sane when he speaks and tries to be inclusive and unifying.
Maybe this jars us out of polarization? Perhaps by having to travel a moderate, middle road somewhat together, at great common risk, people stop politicizing everything?
My wife and I have been part of a group of people discussing this stuff. The crowd of of about 500 friends is widely varied (Randian nuts to AOC style progressives). Almost everyone is polite in the back and forth and recognizes that we need a sensible plan. No one has dared to get political.
Gives me some hope an angry moderate insurgency can compel the people in charge to act like fucking adults.
