People who are full of themselves often do stupid things, because they lack any self-awareness. Stupid things like keep a diary giving your actual thoughts about events you are involved in. Some of the media are treating the release of the Anthony Fauci diaries as a revelation about the man and his actions during the CV-19 epidemic. I recall vividly that the first time I saw him on TV I knew he was a preening jackass and a likely liar, as are most of those who are deluded about their self-importance. Lying is a core tactic to maintain the delusion. While Fauci made some horrible decisions and deserves opprobrium, I don’t blame him nearly as much as another group.
It is the politicians, who were all too willing to swallow the bullshit spewed by Fauci and others, who are to blame for the absurd restrictions placed on our economy and on daily life. Restrictions that led to immense damage to children and to our public finances, while doing nothing to slow, much less stop, the spread of the epidemic. Anyone who took any time to study past respiratory virus epidemics would have recognized the futility of the actions Fauci and others advocated. But those who pointed out the futility and the damage of these restrictions were vilified and silenced.
And many politicians eagerly took up the mantle of dictatorship. Our own Little Timmy Walz, the Incompetent Blowhard hisself, now recognized as America’s foremost liar, ran a vicious terror campaign to justify his draconian shutdown of businesses, schools and any normal activity. He constantly exaggerated the danger posed by the virus and the effectiveness of shutdowns, masks, and other restrictions he imposed. He flat-out lied about almost every aspect of the epidemic. Little Timmy and other politicians are fully to blame for what was done to the country and they apparently will never be held accountable. But then that is what politics is all about these days, enact terrible policies and then deny any responsibility for the outcome.
