Connecting the dots

The south Korean engineers helping to start up the EV battery plant in Georgia had perhaps not expected the level of toxicity they recently experienced in the US. A woman had called ICE who responded and dealt with them like criminals despite the fact that they held the appropriate visas. These specialists were there to commission equipment and automation and train the US workers who would eventually run the plant.

A $400 billion dollar investment by South Korea is now put into question thanks to ineptitude measuring an 8.0 on the Richter scale. 

Racism is alive and well among many white Americans who still see black, brown and even Asian people as not qualifying to be fellow citizens. It's like they never got over the Civil War. 

A woman recently canceled her Airbnb reservation when she drove into the property which was adorned like a political vigil to Trump. Within 5 minutes she canceled her reservation leaving the owner (MAGA hat on head) confused as to why not everyone appreciates cruelty and stupidity with the same fervor. 

Farmers who have lost their Chinese soy bean market to Brazil (not to mention the USAID consumers in Africa who went hungry), now want government bailouts as reparation for their lack of political judgement. 

Why so many people lack basic critical thinking skills continues to beffudle me even as I've learned to always expect it. They don't seem to understand how the dots line up until the consequences of those connections hit them squarely on the forehead.