What Do Elected Officials Sign Up For And How Does Environment Affect Them?
Would Noem be different if in Alaska?
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem championed freedom (or, as some would call it, greed) with an intrepidness unthinkable in sophisticated enclaves where so many would depend on government for instructions and sustenance.
Of course, she has received a great deal of criticism for dwelling on such antiquated ideas as weighing economic costs, child development and having any trust that non-indentured citizens can propose and resolve compromises with having their efforts vetted by the likes of Andrew Cuomo, since the majority of residents of his state’s nursing homes — or who couldn’t get vaccines before they expired — did not die from Covid.
Maybe the high death rate deserves more concern. Maybe it would receive it if there weren’t so many reports of leaders fearing death at the expense of other effects, or of the politicization of death rates. Or suspicion that opinions not favored by the elites wasn’t being suppressed — or ignored. I’ve found few mainstream challenges of the findings posted on rationalground.com.
But despite all the positive or negative attention we might be inclined to dole out to politicians based on their allegiance to (or ignorance of) our ideologies, what else…
