There Is A Plan...

VeryCompetently
IncompetentVille


In the wake of fired vaccine maker-in-chief Rick Bright's whistle-blowing, many USian commentators are increasingly suggesting that the Trumpublicans are incompetent and have no plan to seriously deal with the COVID-19 crisis.

Mike the Mad Biologist, who has demonstrated his hard-headed, but progressive, bonafides to us many times over the years has a different perspective:

"...To me, it’s become clear during the last week that the issue isn’t solely incompetence. They are capable of competence (not perfection, but competence) when they want to do something. They have been very effective at shredding lots of regulations (the EPA is a hollow shell of what it was, at best), getting tax cuts, and funneling money to large businesses. They also have been pretty good at treating immigrants like sh*t. They are perfectly capable of planning things they want.

So the Trump administration, along with many of its Republican collaborators, has a plan. It’s just that the plan is so horrifying that many people don’t want to believe the administration would do something like that. The plan is simple. Restart businesses, and let the American Carnage ensue. It will disproportionately affect minorities and lower-income people–and if those people were better people, they would have been wealthier and whiter, so f*ck ’em anyway. I think they also believe–likely incorrectly–that the carnage will be confined mostly to urban, Democratic areas. Meanwhile, TEH STONKS! will be doing well, so all is good.

That’s the plan.

Before you make a counterargument, consider this: the Republican Party has spent the last forty years undermining worker protections and environmental protection. Why would they suddenly change their ways? This is what they do because they believe it’s the right thing to do, as horrifying as that is. Sure, this isn’t some toxic sludge, it’s a virus. But they have never cared about workers or public health, so why would they start now?..."


Of course it's banal.

Of course it's evil.

But is Mike wrong?


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Speaking of the 'reason' Dr. Bright was 'allegedly' fired....Yet another peer-reviewed dagger to the heart of magical hydroxychloroquine/azithromycin thinking.


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