Friday, January 25, 2019

Crisis, what crisis?


I often wonder at what point do people in the USA start thinking enough is enough? It seems as though their aggregated ability to ignore the evidence of a crisis knows no bounds these days.

For example,
  • 1 warming planet 
  • 96 people killed by guns every day 
  • 115 opioid overdoses daily 
  • 2,737 separated migrant children
  • 2,975 dead in Puerto Rico
  • 40,000 homeless veterans
  • 800,000 unpaid federal workers
are all reaching what I'd call a crisis point, on the other hand what's not in crisis right now is..
  • The Southern border
But, this arbitrary line on a map is the only thing the leader of that country seems to give a shit about. Then again, I suppose over here (UK) we're all passengers on a bus headed for a cliff called Brexit, is the problem our leaders or us?

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