Covid has shown me that the biggest cowards out there are the 50 to 70 year-old crowd. They seem to have a fundamental fear for the very concept of DEATH. Not yet old enough to have accepted the natural cycle of their mortal life, while also too old to live care free from the threat of potential looming health issues.

I've always thought of my parents as rational thinkers and steadfast in their beliefs, but wuflu has revealed a sobering reality. And it's that the baby boomers have always been (narratively-speaking) very selfish. Since birth they have been championed as the main character in the sitcom that is the United States in the post-WW2 neoliberal world order. Now as they approach retirement they are forced to observe the collapse of the many institutions and modern theory that governed the world and business throughout their life.

Its a hell of a thing to observe a generation that will pick apart the media and politicians for half of a programming block, fully recognizing all of the subversion and deceit thrown their way. But as soon as the newscaster moves onto the covid segment there's a sudden reminder that the boomers are not teens and college kids enjoying the free loving 60s anymore. Nor are they the young adult yuppies enjoying economic prosperity of the white collar 80s. They are now the geriatrics of a rapidly collapsing once great nation, with the grim reaper of a "world pandemic" coming down the cosco aisle to pick them off one by one. All logic goes out the window for them because like everybody they wish they had more time. Hey we all would. But this age bracket in particular gives me the feeling that they'd be fine with everybody living under heavy oppression for the next century as long as it bought them another decade or two to keep living. "Take your vaxx so I dont get sick" "the vaxx should be mandated so people our age don't get sick" "the news lies, but doctors dont" etc etc etc