[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by ghak99

Why did you expect them to do as you hoped?

This has been something everyone should have expected from the start. I think a lot of people live in a bubble and don't actually understand the actual people that make this country what it is. Lets just start with the fact that this country was founded on "**** you, I'll do what I want". 200+ hundred years later and this country is still very strongly "**** you, I'll do what I want". It does not matter the cost. It's what drove this beast to becoming a superpower.

The message from the top has been so horrible I'm surprised we're as far along as we are. They politicized the vaccine before it was even available and the list of mistakes snowballed from there. You can't motive a populace based on freedom with a clown show. They're going to point and laugh.

I personally don't want to be around when this balance changes, because it's going to be ugly.

People should get vaccinated because it's the smart, safe thing to do.

I think we're readily aware that we can't force people, willfully idiotic or otherwise, to do the right thing.