The brilliance of the miniseries was, in part, in how it depicted the abominable manner in which life and death decisions were being made with everything focused on preserving the image of the regime and those in power with the health and welfare of the people not being of any concern. The admonition by the party apparatchik in the first episode to lie to the people and keep them in the dark about the scale of the disaster and it’s threat to their lives and have them focus only on “their work“ reminded me of the rancid bleatings of the lieutenant governor of Texas the Rethuglican apparatchik Dan Patrick who was pushing to force businesses to open and herd people back to work that “senior citizens will be willing to die for the economy” 🤬 That’s what gives the miniseries such relevance to the current catastrophe we are experiencing as we see the EXACT same attitude being exhibited by the Trumpists who, I might add, would fit neatly into that corrupt decaying regime as they are comfortable with suppressing truth, muzzling scientists, and letting large numbers of people die in order to cling to their rapidly slipping stranglehold on power and control of we the people.
Yes I LOVED the miners! They had a tremendous spirit of selflessness and willingness to tackle the problem head on in order to save lives despite the incompetence and criminality of the regime which is the spirit we see today being exhibited by the front line health care workers dealing with the death and suffering caused by this regimes criminal mismanagement of this crisis. The leader of the miners was great wasn’t he? Basically told the apparatchiks to their face “don’t BS me, and your threats are meaningless: I’m going to protect my people and do what’s best for them” Exactly who you want in a leader which is in stark contrast to Mr “it is what it is” 🤬
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