{"id":589717,"date":"2023-08-10T16:55:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T20:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=589717"},"modified":"2023-08-10T16:57:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T20:57:30","slug":"were-people-always-bad-or-did-they-become-bad-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=589717","title":{"rendered":"Were People Always Bad, or Did They Become Bad in 2020?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I see everyone differently now. Everyone. How they behaved in 2020 and the two years following is something I cannot un-see. And I don\u2019t want to. Selective amnesia is a denial of reality, the choice of comfortable fantasy over uncomfortable reality.<\/p>\n

I believe the pandemic served as a test. By my estimation, about 80% of urban America failed<\/p>\n

Mark MacDonald M.D.<\/p>\n

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