07-13-2020, 08:41 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-13-2020, 09:25 PM by BostonCard.)
(07-13-2020, 06:55 PM)lex24 Wrote: It’s easy to brand everyone with whom we believe is not living according to our standards under this pandemic as “selfish”. A little more difficult to try to understand why it’s may be just a tad more difficult for some. Somebody posted a poll about masks. I’d love to see a poll of the posters on this board. I’d ask about income level, age, education level, net worth. And occupation. My guess - very high percentage with income above $150,000. Ave age - 50’s. Education - college or advanced degree Net worth - high. Occupation - professionals/upper management or high paid position in the tech industry. (Or retired)
Maybe I’m wrong – but I’m guessing that most of the people who post on this board are much more capable of taking the economic hit from this thing than the average person. And that those of you with school age kids will abe able to do what ever is necessary to be certain that your kids are able to get the best education possible during their time they’re staying at home. My guess is few if any have issues where you have to go to work every day and no way to pay someone to care for your kids., who can’t go to school while you work. I’m guessing that very few, if any of you, are waiters, hairstylists, bartenders, or that you own businesses in the service sector or retail sectors that have been badly damaged.
It is easy to call others “selfish“ because they’re not doing what we think should be done during this time frame. And it is easy to divide this into those of us who “do the right thing“ and the others who we believe don’t. But in reality it’s a hell of a lot more complex than that.
Along those lines I was listening to KCBS. They were interviewing a woman I believe in Sonoma County. She had just gotten her salon ready for customers. After not being able to do so for months. She had to pay several thousand dollars to get the PPE‘s in place and she had done so. She got shut down at noon today. So she loses more money. She was talking about wondering how she was going to be able to feed her kids. I guess she’s just selfish.
Americans have to deal with the fact that almost every other developed country has controlled COVID. Are Americans failing because they are exceptional or selfish? You may not like the work selfish but exceptional is not the right word to apply to failure.
(07-13-2020, 06:55 PM)lex24 Wrote: It’s easy to brand everyone with whom we believe is not living according to our standards under this pandemic as “selfish”. A little more difficult to try to understand why it’s may be just a tad more difficult for some. Somebody posted a poll about masks. I’d love to see a poll of the posters on this board. I’d ask about income level, age, education level, net worth. And occupation. My guess - very high percentage with income above $150,000. Ave age - 50’s. Education - college or advanced degree Net worth - high. Occupation - professionals/upper management or high paid position in the tech industry. (Or retired)
Maybe I’m wrong – but I’m guessing that most of the people who post on this board are much more capable of taking the economic hit from this thing than the average person. And that those of you with school age kids will abe able to do what ever is necessary to be certain that your kids are able to get the best education possible during their time they’re staying at home. My guess is few if any have issues where you have to go to work every day and no way to pay someone to care for your kids., who can’t go to school while you work. I’m guessing that very few, if any of you, are waiters, hairstylists, bartenders, or that you own businesses in the service sector or retail sectors that have been badly damaged.
It is easy to call others “selfish“ because they’re not doing what we think should be done during this time frame. And it is easy to divide this into those of us who “do the right thing“ and the others who we believe don’t. But in reality it’s a hell of a lot more complex than that.
Along those lines I was listening to KCBS. They were interviewing a woman I believe in Sonoma County. She had just gotten her salon ready for customers. After not being able to do so for months. She had to pay several thousand dollars to get the PPE‘s in place and she had done so. She got shut down at noon today. So she loses more money. She was talking about wondering how she was going to be able to feed her kids. I guess she’s just selfish.
Americans have to deal with the fact that almost every other developed country has controlled COVID. Are Americans failing because they are exceptional or selfish? You may not like the work selfish but exceptional is not the right word to apply to failure.