Some might argue the coronavirus is yet another example of natural selection, of nature seeking to cull the herd.
Our society, in the name of being civilized, understandably has for decades put innumerable roadblocks up to prevent the operation of natural selection upon the general population.
Social programs, soup kitchens, health care: all these things act to prevent the unfortunates, the losers, those who made bad choices or just had bad luck from reaping the consequences and dying off.
I sometimes wonder whether it's really a good thing in the long run to mess with mother nature.
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basking in the benign indifference of the universe
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