The coronavirus has clearly made a mess of life as we know it. Add to that the examples of humanity being terrible to each other in the US and a political system that has provided stark polarization to the nation. The creativity that used to fuel a lot of passions has evaporated as our world has become fragile and more fragmented.
In short there are a lot of people hurting, and we have lost the general sense of compassion. Yes we were not a perfect society, but with a trend to isolation, we have lost our softer side. Add to that the media divisiveness and it’s frustrating. I love a good conspiracy theory as much as the next guy but I think China is at fault, and the motivation behind it was to level the global economy. They had a problem, they did not contain it, saw an opportunity and let it rip. The tax war, and the intellectual property war has taken its toll and China saw this as a lever to use to their advantage and it was all a numbers game A country with 1 Billion (with a B) people is a calculated risk against less populous countries.
This global reset is awful, it will take some time to recover, and life as we knew it has made another cyclical change. This unrest has unfortunately opened societal wounds. Race Relations in the US were not great but have returned to center stage. Yes US has a systemic issue, and unfortunately like an alcoholic that is in recovery, the enabling factor may not be there, but the behavior habits are still intact.
Oh yea… Facebook… I have not been on Facebook since March… I would go there for a quick trip each month to drop off my payload of pictures, and check a few groups and scram. I am sure the political and hysteria is up to a frenzied 11, and I will wait for it to blow over. Time is too important to squander on feeding the algorithms.