Saturday, March 14, 2020

The Republican Party is ideologically incapable of getting us out of this coronavirus crisis

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/9/1925893/-The-Republican-Party-is-ideologically-incapable-of-getting-us-out-of-this-crisis
"There is a lesson here for all Americans, one that is likely to grow more and more apparent in the coming weeks: Republicans are ideologically unprepared—in fact they are utterly incapable—of managing any crisis of this magnitude. Because their entire ideology assumes government is “bad,” they can’t adapt to any situation where government is clearly the only solution, whether its an economic crisis brought on by their own fiscal malfeasance, or here, a public health crisis of unprecedented proportions. They simply don’t have those tools in their tool kits. And they are so wedded to their ideology that they can’t even begin to comprehend just how complicated a crisis like this will be, or the measures that will necessary to protect Americans from disaster."