Some smart person at the airlines finally jumped on their chance to ban nail clippers in airports and planes. The real reason is because nasty people would clip their nails in the airport and on planes.

It’s the difference between protecting people and protecting capital. For those of you who don’t remember times immediately after 9/11, one of the biggest drivers of the security theater we still have today was the airline industry.

Airports were dead for months after 9/11, things were dire enough that the airlines and the government basically created the TSA as a marketing stunt. Covid just proves it was never about safety, it’s just about protecting the means of capitalization.

Tbh, I think the vaccinations came out about 6 months too soon. If covid had gotten to the point where it was seriously threatening the capital class at a systemic level I think things would have been better in the long run. At very least there would be less geriatric assholes in control of Congress.

I don’t demand a perfect world

Why do people feel the knee-jerk need to apologize for what is popular, sensible, evidenced based policy? Nobody is blowing up a plane with a bottle of water. Everyone is at risk of communicable disease, particularly during a high point in the flu season.

Perfection: Even a token nod to reality-based public policy

Acceptable Standards: Ever-So-Slightly Less Geriatric Fascists

This is your brain on Bidenism. Just clinging to the second-worst choice like it’s the last life raft on the ship, only to discover you’ve grabbed the anchor.