People know the government is lying to them now.
That’s progress.
People know the system is rigged against them for the benefit of the 1%.
That’s progress.
People know the rich don’t care whether they live or die.
That’s progress.
People don’t yet think they have recourse or the wherewithal to fight back.
That’s our job for the next 18 months.
Writers Without Money 
Americans sit at home, self quarantined by the badgering of corporate media. Hunkered down, doing nothing, like stunned ducks, watching their businesses, jobs, assets, and futures collapse. Paralyzed. Waiting for some Uber-Power to rescue them. The government, medicine, army, whatever. But it’s all You are powerless. They must save you.
What a worthless lot. Collective action or garbage heap. And the good news is that the All Powerful System can be brought low over and over by the outside force of a virus. Or bacteria. Which can’t be stopped.
Meanwhile, Russia and China are working full tilt to satisfy the supply chains of the globe given the current vacuum. By the time the US and Europe wake up it will be too late.
So do whatever the panic bosses tell you and mostly sit on your asses. While your culture fades away. Because you did nothing. Serves you right.
I’m pretty sure there’s a Coronavirus outbreak in Russia but they are sending their military to Italy.
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/22/world/europe/22reuters-health-coronavirus-russia-italy.html
I’m not sure how much I buy into this.To be honest they’d be better off sending help to Iran since the US isn’t strangling Italy with sanctions. But I suppose Putin has some relationship with Giuseppe Conte.
Cuba is also sending doctors to Italy. Bernie better not praise this as “good” or the corporate media’s going to be really mad.
Liquor stores in New Jersey have been classified as critical infrastructure. So it appears the white man and his Indian agents from the big chief in Washington want to keep us drunk.
https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/03/nj-liquor-stores-deemed-essential-will-stay-open-during-coronavirus-shut-down.html
And cannabis sales are going through the roof! You have it right.
I’m sorry, but quotations without direct sourcing aren’t allowed here, especially when they seem to echo Russian loyalist talking points.