Hank

“They already feared doctors and thought Big Pharma was out to get them—so, it was easy enough to make them doubt that masks or other prophylactic measures worked against White Mask. They were already convinced of both their exceptionalism and the God-given right of their individual liberties, so it was simple enough to tell them that they shouldn’t have to give up anything, not one goddamn little thing, in order to fight this pandemic. And white Americans were bigoted as hell, too, so all you had to tell them was that the Chinese invented the fungus, that Mexicans were bringing it in, that the Blacks were gonna steal from them when the world went to shit, and that the Jews were”
― Chuck Wendig, Wayward

“Ed told them they were special. They were exceptional. Everyone became an expert. Everyone was smarter than everyone else. If they had doubts, that’s because they knew something in their gut. Something God was telling them, something they knew as patriots, something they understood because their blood was strong. Don’t let anyone tell you different. Don’t let anyone take anything from you. Arm yourselves. Get what’s yours and once you got it, fight like hell to keep it—fuck the rest of them. Ever and ever, amen. Idiots.”
― Chuck Wendig, Wayward