Posted on 11/03/2025 5:11:39 AM PST by MtnClimber
On his weekday podcast (which I sorely miss), Dan Bongino would occasionally refer to a scandal as “the biggest of our time.” This raised questions in my mind, such as how big was it compared to the others? How big must a scandal be before it could be considered “the biggest scandal of our time”? How are scandals measured, anyway? You can’t easily assign a dollar value to loss of trust or societal division.
Evaluating the damage from these events requires considering multiple dimensions: economic costs, loss of life, social cohesion, political polarization, and erosion of trust in institutions. For example, while the COVID-19 pandemic was a global health crisis, others, such as Russiagate and the Biden Dementia Cover-Up/Autopen Scandals, are more explicitly political controversies. All have inflicted damage and contributed to division, but their scales differ dramatically. Let’s examine a few, in no particular order:
COVID-19 Pandemic: The virus caused over a million deaths in the U.S. alone and triggered the sharpest economic contraction since the Great Depression. GDP losses were projected at $3.2 - 4.8 trillion in the first two years, with total economic costs reaching $14 trillion by 2023 due to unemployment spikes (peaking at 14.8%), supply chain disruptions, and reduced government revenue. Socially, it worsened mental health crises, educational setbacks for millions of children, and long-term health issues for survivors.
Scale of damage: Catastrophic and unavoidable in the short term, and exposing underlying vulnerabilities in public health infrastructure.
- Response to COVID-19 (e.g., lockdowns & mandates): While it was claimed that the lockdowns helped curb early transmission and save lives, data from countries that did not impose lockdowns demonstrate otherwise. The lockdowns also came at an enormous cost: widespread job losses across sectors, mental health deterioration (e.g., increased anxiety, depression, and substance abuse), and educational disruptions
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1-Covidiocy. All of it.
2-The 2020 election
3-GloBull Warming. Or Climutt Chainz
Well said. And your list is great.
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