The pandemic was arguably Trump's undoing, and now it is helping to prejudice voters against the Democrats. Moreover, Big Science, like every other institution, has been badly damaged by increasing transparency, as familiarity breeds contempt. The public has lost the childlike faith in government it had after WW2. Normally that would s…
The pandemic was arguably Trump's undoing, and now it is helping to prejudice voters against the Democrats. Moreover, Big Science, like every other institution, has been badly damaged by increasing transparency, as familiarity breeds contempt. The public has lost the childlike faith in government it had after WW2. Normally that would seem desirable, but the dangerous side effect is a belief that there is no such thing as reliable fact, and - go figure - the infantile cult of Trumpism.
I'm reduced to hoping Omicron accelerates the mitigation of COVID allowing voters to regain a degree of the normalcy Biden prematurely promised, in time for 2024, if probably not the midterms.
The pandemic was arguably Trump's undoing, and now it is helping to prejudice voters against the Democrats. Moreover, Big Science, like every other institution, has been badly damaged by increasing transparency, as familiarity breeds contempt. The public has lost the childlike faith in government it had after WW2. Normally that would seem desirable, but the dangerous side effect is a belief that there is no such thing as reliable fact, and - go figure - the infantile cult of Trumpism.
I'm reduced to hoping Omicron accelerates the mitigation of COVID allowing voters to regain a degree of the normalcy Biden prematurely promised, in time for 2024, if probably not the midterms.
I've often thought this.