We are told to defer to government bureaucrats and politicians who have failed, catastrophically, every step of the way. The #WHO lied at the behest of the Chinese government. The #CDC failed at testing. The #FDA blocked private alternatives to government tests....

#Fauci told us in late January that the risk was “very low.” Congress has incentivized essential workers to walk away, with new benefits totaling (with state payouts) $55,000. Small business loans are impossible to get, and corporate bailouts have empty planes to flying nowhere.

So to our government overlords, I beg of you, please stop helping so the rest of us can 1. keep people safe, 2. rebuild the distributed production of food to keep people fed, 3. and let people work so we can all afford to keep keep health care workers paid and hospitals open.

I know politicians will never let this happen. They will come up with new “bold plans” that create more destructive, if unintended, consequences. Because to rebuild right would require those who screwed up to admit past mistakes, and demonstrate a new humility moving forward.

So the rest of us, still free people, will have to insist that our “leaders” stand down, so that we can, together, do the hard work of putting things back together again.

@mkibbe @bad_tits I'm for that "college break beach party" version. You could have just stopped there....

@mkibbe In order for that to happen, people need to start supporting the candidates running against the authoritarians before it’s too late and we can’t even make it onto the ballot. The authoritarians aren’t going to give up power willingly, or let “a good crisis go to waste”.

@mkibbe So truckers are out there at the #beachparty every night. And truckstops and truck mechanics and loading and unloading. Diesel fuel is being refined and burned up. UPS is business as usual while banks won’t cash a check. Two americas already. (To your “either/or point)

@mkibbe Pretty simple stuff. I’ve been saying the same for weeks. Astounding voluntary distancing within an opened economy isn’t on the table.

@mkibbe @RepThomasMassie

@mkibbe @brad_polumbo Seriously. Look at Taiwan. They managed to pull it off.

@mkibbe @Barnes_Law Every day more of lockdown you get more college break beach party than a common sense method. Wait until May and you will not have latter

@mkibbe That would imply balance. Which takes all of the fun out of panic.

@mkibbe @RepThomasMassie think most people understand that have always been vigilant

@mkibbe @RepThomasMassie Exactly

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@mkibbe @RepThomasMassie Work smart, keep distance best you can stay home if you are at high risk of dying...

@mkibbe Freethepeople? Is this code for let thousands die?