As the pandemic was first coming on, I do remember the widespread shock in reaction to the conduct of the ruling elite and their administrative efforts, the ongoing revelations of motives and interests, etc. as they moved to address the pandemic in their own way.
But to borrow from Aristotle's virtue ethics, if you're lying and producing finer PR, if you're monopolizing and financializing, if you're sweeping serious political and economic problems under the rug and praying that they go away, and spending all of your time and energy sharpening those other similar tools, and then your mettle is tested, well, then what else do you do?
