Suffering in Quarantine (Oh No!)

I get that it's bad in other places,
especially Italy and Spain,
not to mention
the growing shitstorm in the UK and US.

Yet, a part of me can't help not giving a single fuck.

When Notre Dame burned down,
news sites and social media FLOODED with
messages of solidarity from around
the world and offers to donate
(I mean, billionaires offered, but to this day,
I don't believe any of them has actually contributed what they'd pledged).

A goddamn building evoked more emotion
amongst Europeans and Americans
than refugees fleeing unspeakable horrors
(caused by their governments, but nobody really likes to talk about that!)

Even now,
kids sit in cages in the US,
sick and filthy and awaiting the
onset of Covid-19,
which will undoubtedly kill a lot of them.

Those concentration camps will
slowly slowly turn into death camps.

And the majority of people
might go "Oh no"
followed by a shrug of their shoulders
whilst going back to complaining about
lack of toilet paper
and not being able to visit the fucking mall or something.

I've also seen people intent on calling it a "Chinese virus",
with various comments basically saying that
"The Chinese are responsible and have to pay".

Without any firm evidence,
without any regard to global food supply chains
that for decades, scientists have warned us would cause
more and more such diseases to appear.

I mean there's theories,
but that's it.

But nope!
They've suddenly become experts overnight.
It is now DEFINITELY caused by bat soup.
Sure, motherfucker.

The more obviously racist ones blame "Chinese culture"...
but to me,
the more insidious, cowardly ones try to
blame the "Chinese government"
whilst tarring all Asians who might resemble ethnic Han Chinese people
with the same brush.

They'll never admit their burning hatred, though.
But we know the consequences.

Koreans, Japanese, Chinese will get fired,
won't be hired for other jobs,
their kids will get bullied by both students and teachers alike.

Whenever someone tries to put forth
a rational argument around the virus,
about how they may be many things wrong
with the Chinese government,
but to place the blame on them for this outbreak  is wrong...

You'll see a range of intense resistance.
From denial to whataboutism to straight up direct racism.

And from experience,
not only do these people tend to be overwhelmingly white,
but it's like they view such arguments as
direct challenges to the supremacy of their "culture".

Lemme tell you something.
"White culture" has contributed nothing but hatred and misery and regression.

Not a single scientific advancement that I can think of,
revolved around "whiteness".

How many brilliant scientists of other ethnicities
had been killed before they could realise their potential?

For example, the ancient Mayans
appear to have mastered running water
way back when Europeans were probably shitting
in the streets and using oranges to mask the smell.

Can you imagine what we could've seen had they
been allowed to continue evolving their technology?

Anyway, I'm gonna end this with
something I recently posted online:

Can we spare a single thought for those who have to live in cramped,
tiny apartments, with few or no windows at all, with sporadic
or no internet connection, and no air-conditioning?

I mean sure, staying home is the best option...
if you have a comfortable home with all the modern amenities.

But if you've been spat on for most of the year by a society that now
tells you to stay locked up in a confined space for "the greater good",
with barely any food and water, while others
complained about TOILET PAPER and boredom, how long do you it'd be, before you snapped?

I really want to hope that things will change once this blows over.
That we should give a helping hand to those who need it the most,
"for the greater good".

But I'm not optimistic.


Well enough of that.