True, but then you don't get to practice your Spanish or learn and the D.R. like I did this morning. 😃

So... they're cool with the Novavax shots then? (Wonder if someone in the voting bloc owns stock.)

Plus bond values won't be a great alternative when the current admin is done trashing full faith and credit.

TL;DR - American exceptionalism isn't about morality or for limitless ability; it's about the belief that because we're here and we got here from somewhere, we deserve something.

And you don't want to be the one telling Americans they actually don't. Especially if they already paid for it.

It's all tied up in the independent spirit, which keeps us clawing for the next rung in the ladder, what keeps us divided enough to never harness that spirit into a single will. Not for self-preservation (i.e. pandemics), not for the protection of all (i.e. b/c some who didn't "earn it" benefit).

Americans aren't the fat, impotent simpletons in the floating wheelchairs from WALL-E; not yet. We have too many guns, too much faith in the "American Dream," too much "investment" and "sunk costs," too much tied up in the things that make us "strong," "independent," vulnerable and complacent.

Incels? Over feeling entitled to be loved by women, b/c they were told they deserved it as men.

Equal rights? For many, that's been every day long before the anti-DEI crusade.

I'm not defending the rage or misplaced entitlement - but you don't want to be up against it when Americans get aggrieved.

That rage, that desire for perceived justice fuels so much of our actions, right or wrong.

Revolutions? Over taxation, attempted ending of the slave trade, capitalism run amok w/ no safety net.

Trump's own election/reelection? Broken promises over pensions, job security, cities vs rural concerns.