I’m an atheist, I don’t believe in God. However I do acknowledge that other people do. And with that belief comes worship and ritual behaviors. There is something in America that is worshiped as much, maybe more, than any God though and that is capitalism. Behold your God!
And the Sacred Cow of the Economy is angry. We must appease it with the blood of many workers!
You shall have no other gods before me — Exodus 20:3
We’re being told to get back to work. That the worst is over. Even though many of us are still dying, especially those of us with multiple risks factors, we’re all being told to get back to work. Why? Because there aren’t enough workers willing to work for the low wage jobs that keep capitalism running. Thus employers are being forced to offer more which raises prices and that leads to inflation. And there is one ‘sin’ the Great and Powerful Bos hates more than all others — inflation.
Packed like lemmings into shiny, metal boxes; contestants in a suicidal race — Synchronicity II, The Police
Oh, I get it, those of us with multiple COVID risk factors are simply “over reacting”. Imagine that the CDC came out and said that 75% of all COVID deaths we’re among blacks, LGBT, women, or Latinos? The CDC offices would have scorch marks on it from the speed the director would’ve been ejected out of the building. But since it’s just people that are “unwell” it’s “really encouraging news” and we’re not supposed to feel like sacrifices? Bull. Shit. We’re going to be put in close contact with people who can’t adequately quarantine, who can’t afford — or even find — testing kits to know if they’re infected. What the hell do you think is going to happen? In the middle of the worst variant wave we’ve seen (so far, who knows what’s coming next). We, the “unwell”, are going to die. That’s what.
Some of you may die but it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make — King Farquaad
This pandemic is in its third year with no sign of ending any time soon. We’re moving from pandemic to endemic and I really wish it was just covidiots that were the problem. But I think it goes way beyond that. The very fabric of American society made this pandemic worse. Because we’re mostly cult members in service to a god who doesn’t care if we live or die but only that we consume and don’t ask questions when it demands a sacrifice. Even when we’re the ones being sacrificed.