Insecure rich people buying ridiculous and dangerous “defence” weaponry is not a purely modern or American thing:
One possible silver lining of the current crop of historical-revisionism bills in the US:
The attempt to suppress the observation that the US was and is foundationally based upon white supremacy may force the open acknowledgment of that fact by the US centre-left.
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Not the first time I’ve seen a story like this:
Fascists murdering protesters with their cars: yet another thing that has gone from national shock to unremarkable background noise.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cruise-ship-covid-19-passengers-positive_n_60c34272e4b0b449dc3869b2
Cruise ships. During an uncontrolled pandemic. Sailing around the most disease-riddled shithole on the planet.
Complete lunacy.
Re: Americans on cruise ships, Americans crowding parks and sports venues, the general attitude of “Covid is over or shortly will be”, etc.
…and that ain’t even considering the possibility that one of the continuously-appearing [1] new Covid variants will bypass current vaccine protection.
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[1] Continuously appearing due to the massive uncontrolled viral pool in places such as the USA.