• marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]@hexbear.net
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    6 months ago

    The US could have bought its way out of Covid. But they would have had to value their own citizens lives above going out to eat.

    The unemployment benefits could have been higher. They could have implemented UBI. Put a pause on non-essential work. Raised minimum wage for a wide variety of industry. And spent 2020-2021 improving buildings with better ventilation, in preparation for re-opening. Instead we had open-up protests and horse dewormer paste being sold to even bigger idiots.

    • Formerlyfarman [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      6 months ago

      The year with most deaths in the us was 2021. After there were vaccines. The libs just used that as an excuse to lift all restrictions and go back to brunch. Vaccines+ half assed restrictions could have worked. But going out to eat is more important.