Joe Biden, 50 years ago

Age of wisdom

We learn over time - through our mistakes, through trial & error, and by witnessing what works and what fails. The more time, the more knowledge. If used to our benefit, we call it the wisdom of elders.

Joe Biden was born in '42 during World War II. His father is the same age as my father, meaning - he grew up in the Depression and witnessed the misery of hunger & despair, and how close America and the world came to a Communist and/or Fascist take-over of the planet.

But growing up with these stories, these points of reference, Biden knew what to do when pandemic could've meant global panic and chaos - get America back on track, whatever it takes. Because as goes America, so goes the free world. And if people can't work, can't pay bills, can't pay rent - give them the means to keep going. Give them hope, give them whatever they need to stay afloat.

And it worked. As it worked for FDR in the thirties. We survived the crisis, like it was just a bad cold (that killed a million people in the US and six million across the world). And if we had any grasp of what it means to come out of a global crisis, and get back to normal, and have life be good again, Biden would just say "you're welcome." Because the whole world would be saying "thank you."