A big problem for trust in government is that high-quality governance is usually invisible. When the various agencies designed to protect the American people from all manner of threats are working perfectly, most potential disasters are detected and prevented before they happen. A lot of highly trained government workers do diligent and difficult work for little pay and less recognition, heading off crisis after crisis, and the ignorant swing-voting layman assumes that all his tax dollars are being squandered.
So one hopes that the voting public is learning a hard—or I should say watery—lesson about how important good government is, by way of the manifold consequences of Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Robert Kennedy hacking away at American state capacity. The latest consequence can be heard in the groaning emanating from thousands of bathrooms across the country: the worst cyclosporiasis outbreak in American history. It deserves a name, so I’m calling it the MAHA Trots.
The issue with the spiel “one hopes that the voting public is learning a hard—or I should say watery—lesson” is that it sounds good on paper, but it’s just not reality.
The people who voted FOR this largely do not blame the president, the richest man in the country, nor some random steroid abuser for the problem. It’s not that they don’t connect the dots, it’s that they willfully choose to see no dots.
The people who refused to vote either way did so for specific reasons, largely feel self-righteous regardless of the outcome, and virtually none of them would have refused for this specific reason.
The people who didn’t vote at all because they don’t vote, well, they aren’t the voting public. And a disease outbreak isn’t going to alter their behavior when it comes to voting because it if could, the far bigger and more important issues would have / should have convinced them to vote.
The people who voted AGAINST this have nothing to learn in this context.
So Kennedy told the CDC to stop monitoring for it in July 2025 and by July 2026 we have the largest outbreak we’ve ever seen. It sucks that people have to suffer to learn, but man I hope everyone who voted these people into office suffer quickly enough to learn.
no amount of suffering will change their minds.
the only way to beat cancer is to remove it.
“If i am shitting myself im going to make sure everyone else is too”
Everything Donald Trump touches turns to shit.
Continues to be the truest statement I’ve ever heard in my entire life. More accurate than an atomic clock.
The sumbitch is probably flying across the country dumping his contaminated shit out of Air Force One every chance he gets!
How? well he’s the biggest piece of shit capitalism ever took so this post makes …scents.
You’re absolutely wrong about him! He’s the biggest PILE of shit, not a piece.
Shouldn’t that be “PUDDLE of watery shit?”
Are trump voters even aware it’s happening?
I mean how many Republicans do you think way Taco Bell at least once a week, I’m gonna guess that’s well over 70%.
Taco bell voluntarily removed lettuce from their menu. Its those of us who like salads that will pay.
Enshitification
