It's Like This, Cat

Psychiatrist: Trump's cult isn't born from stupidity — it comes from lack of morality https://t.co/eeuy0hcxus

— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 10, 2022

Morality, at its fundament, is the recognition that we live among other people and owe some obligation to them. Sartre recognized this in his attempt to create a morality without an overarching authority.  He grounded his model in simple human community:  what you choose for yourself you choose for everyone. In simplest terms:  do to others what you want them to do to you.  The inability to understand this simple premise is, just as simply, a lack of morality.

Which has nothing to do with economic status or social class standing.  It's just a matter of whether or not you're an asshole.

You know, the opposite of this:

Much of the praise for Corbevax and its Texas inventors seems to be for their willingness to forgo a large profit in favor of the more altruistic goal of better access and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. https://t.co/FPkp95pIUA

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) February 11, 2022

Whether they win the prize or not, they deserve the accolades. Especially in a state known mostly for its "free-market" reputation, and Lite Gov. Patrick telling old people to die already so young people can go back to bars. We are, like most states, more complicated than our elected leaders represent us to be.