What Republicans Are

 

For decades now, the leadership of the Republican party has been dedicated to one thing: transferring as much wealth as possible from 99% of the country to the richest 1%, and they have been remarkably effective at it. Every thought they think, every comment they make, every action they take, every policy they create, has that one goal in mind.

They couldn't succeed, though, without the cooperation of a large percentage of the 99% electing them to office and keeping them in power. As of now, in order to get the votes of racists, they will pretend to be white supremacists. But they take that stance only to keep the money flowing. They would be ardent advocates of Black Lives Matter if that would increase the flow of money from the poor and middle class to them.

 The sensible among us can only look and shake our heads in dismay while those who are losing everything support and vote for those who are taking everything from them.

This principle applies to the pandemic. Those of us who are not Republican leaders look at the situation and say: How can we most safely get back to normal? They say: How can we keep the most money flowing to us? 

Therefore, their stance is to get the 99% back to work, while they quarantine and test and keep themselves safe so they can enjoy their riches. And, all the while, their supporters and voters sacrifice themselves in order to enrich them. Unfortunately, those of us who would rather live than be part of the Republican death cult, are finding it hard to save ourselves. 

There are no morals more relative than conservative morals, and no hypocrisy quite like conservative hypocrisy.