Sick and Tired of Virus Banalities
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Sick and Tired of Virus Banalities
Harry Glasbeek
Everyone has seen those cheesy T-shirts which say, “My grandmother went to Tahiti and all I got was this lousy t-shirt.”
One of our friends went to Venice and brought us back an attractive mask, one of those with a protruding beak. It hangs on a wall in our hallway. I pass by it many times every day, imprisoned as I am by the coronavirus. Each time I glance at it, I am reminded that life is not as it should be. The mask fuels my anger about the way we (by which I mean our governments) are dealing with this problem.... The outcomes are way worse than they should be. The evidence is in: other governments with different species of capitalism are doing much better for their citizens. This makes me resentful, particularly as I am bombarded with inanities that are supposed to explain why there is nothing that can be done other than what is being done. This is nonsense on stilts.
I am sick and tired of these solemnly, portentously uttered banalities. I do not want to hear any of the following again:
“We are following the science.”
“We have to open-up the economy.”
“We are all in this together.”
These soothing motherhood statements are meant to distort. They pervert the meaning of science, the nature of the economy, and the meaning of solidarity. They are used to legitimate unnecessary pain and suffering.
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