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    Trump's response to the pandemic has always been dishonest and cruel | Rebecca Solnit

    The contemporary right has one central principle: rejecting any responsibility for others in the hollow name of freedom
    by Rebecca Solnit Oct 08, 2020 4 minutes
    ‘Casting the wearing of masks as a form of infringement on individual liberty made masks the focus of rage, protest, and violation over the last six months.’ Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

    “Everybody was told to wear a mask. Why did the first family and the chief of staff believe that the rules for everybody else didn’t apply to them?” debate host Chris Wallace said on Fox News Sunday, and the answer is obvious. Throughout the pandemic the Trump administration and right-wingers in the US and elsewhere have found that the laws of science are offensive to their sense of impunity and irresponsibility. Their attitude has been “this doesn’t affect me – and I don’t care how it affects you”.

    The pandemic focused and intensified the need to recognize the interconnectedness

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