Trying to look for some good in the disastrous lockdowns and the closing of thousands of businesses imposed by our governor, here are some benefits that have come out of the mess: 1. Gov. Inslee and the Democrats that control the House and the Senate here in the state of WA have been exposed for who they really are. They are hard leftists, trying to get us to be a socialist state as fast as they can. All rationale and reasoning are gone.  Gov. Jay Inslee, before our governments horrid response to covid with lockdowns and school closures, had an approval rating of 47% and a “never heard of them”  rating at 22%.  Now, the best data I could find shows Inslee's approval rating is at 40%.  Inslee has been governor for 9 years and has never had a positive approval rating. But we all know that!  The left has been exposed, who they are and what they stand for.  They are for lockdowns, closing private businesses, calling nurses and first responders heroes to garner their votes, but throwing them under the bus and firing them when they don’t want their bodies to be injected with an experimental substance that has not stood the test of time or scientific rigor. They are for closing the schools and masking all of us, and our children the longest, And here at the state level the state budget is expected to have $10 billion in excess revenue, but no plans in sight to cut taxes on us citizens, or to give us our money back in the form of a tax refund.  2. The mass exodus away from the public school system. Hooray! The WA Policy center here in WA state documents this very well. At washingtonpolicy.org, they state that there was a major increase in homeschooling in 2021. IT DOUBLED, while private school enrollment in our state also exploded.  Parents have seen public education up close, and they are not happy.  Approx. 40,000 families have left the public school system since schools were shut down.  3. .Moms came home.  Moms came home, by choice or due to desperation, and looked over the shoulders of their children while the kids were forced into “remote learning”, and the homeschooling revolution exploded. Critical Race Theory is another name for racism, and Black Lives Matter doesn't have much to do with black lives, but about pushing Marxism.  And, many parents are now actively attending school board meetings, and many leftists and socialists on these school boards are being deeply questioned, and even booted off the school boards in the Nov. 2020 elections. Hooray again! As a percentage, parents are now much more deeply involved in their children’s education. This is nothing but a huge positive for kids, and for our nation.  4. The explosion of alternative news sources.  Voices on Telegram, Rumble, Twitter, and Gettr have expanded exponentially, along with podcasts, YouTube channels, websites, and thousands of churches now broadcasting their services on line.  This is absolutely wonderful for America. Good bye mainstream media.  5. The rise of the citizen.  People are talking about the U. S. Constitution, freedom, what the heart of America is and stands for, what freedom is,  and now citizens are deeply moved and awake to defend it.  The next generation is fueled to defend and uphold their rights and freedom, as shown by the explosive growth of groups such as Turning Point USA, and the Young America's Foundation, and popular speakers such as Charlie Kirk & Candace Owens. CPAC had a huge convention in Florida, broadcasting to the world. Yay, America! Please email me with your questions and comments: [email protected] https://stacker.com/stories/3244/most-and-least-popular-governors-america