[nikofeyn]

> Things seem to be functioning pretty well

citation needed.

100,000+ people have died because our country is fragile. unemployment is somewhere between 15-25%. a virus is about the dumbest enemy we could ever hope to face, and we've failed.

the u.s. is in massive debt, the highest in the world. the u.s. has no socioeconomic safety net, and i question your claim that the u.s. could easily provide one if it wanted. the existing "safety nets", such as social security and taxes, are so abused and misused that they serve as explicit counter examples to your claim. roads and infrastructure in the u.s. are falling apart.

in no household would it be advisable to have massive debt upon debt while the house is falling apart and you're living paycheck to paycheck. and yet, that is exactly what the u.s. is doing.

in many respects, the response to the virus has been both the u.s. didn't want to react to it and that the u.s. couldn't react to it. the u.s. does not have the organizational capacity to handle it.