The human brain has a hard time focusing on too many things at time. So it’s more than understandable that the all-encompassing fears surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and its drastic economic effects would take a back seat during the historic wave of protests against police violence. Living through more than one once-in-several-generations events at a time can make the head spin.
But that’s why we have governments with specialized tasks. What might be overwhelming to an individual should not be impossible for a competent government. It should be possible for an effective administration to soothe the nation and begin to address police unaccountability, while mobilizing a pandemic response and shoring up the economy.
Unfortunately, we do not have a competent or effective president. Worse, the Trump Administration’s malpractice, in fact, extends far beyond benign neglect to actively corrupt malevolence. Continue reading.