In 2020, the emergence of COVID-19 gave us a stark, terrifying, but very valuable lesson in how thin our collective values are once push comes to shove. Within WEEKS after lockdowns started, the op-ed class repeatedly suggested that
- We should suspend child labor laws (they claimed, incorrectly, that children weren't harmed by COVID)
- The elderly have already lived long enough and should be willing to die now to help the economy.
- The weak and compromised should be regarded as expendable.
Matt Blaze /
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2023-11-26 20:10:53
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