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There have got to be better ways to fight this virus than just shutting down the global economy. Like testing and isolating anyone who is sick or at risk.
originally posted by: AtomicKangaroo
Things will look bright. Kind of like how the world came back after the early 1900's great depression.
(and you get to cull some of the worlds population in the process.)
originally posted by: sapien82
I got my hopes on an age of enlightenment , maybe this virus will shake us up a bit and make us think differently about how we live on earth.
originally posted by: Tamsuan
originally posted by: sapien82
I got my hopes on an age of enlightenment , maybe this virus will shake us up a bit and make us think differently about how we live on earth.
I have a feeling in my bones that we humans will be hit again and again by ever greater crises until a general realization emerges that the way we have been doing things here just doesn't work and must be abandoned. More enlightened ways of living are abundantly possible but are currently obscured by the dominant (stupid) culture which values material affluence.
originally posted by: Zanti Misfit
a reply to: karl 12
With Most People stuck at Home in a Self Quarantine , there are No " Eyes and Ears " in the Streets to see what is Really going on . A Perfect time for Government Covert Activities ..............
originally posted by: Bicent
a reply to: rikgrimsby
We won’t get back to pre pandemic no. I don’t think it’s the end of the world, maybe as we knew it. We are in the process of being shocked traumatized into something different at the moment.
originally posted by: DankyDSmythe
originally posted by: Rave3n
a reply to: LookingAtMars
I will tell you what this is about... the TRADE WAR.
the Trade War is being used as a proxie...for an uglier tactic of war... a Siege of sorts...
so here is how it works...
United States/Population
327.2 million (2018)
China/Population
1.386 billion (2017)
With the Global Economy Shutdown, many countries cannot depend on trade on a mass scale in order to support its population through the providing of food.
in particular, now they cannot depend on the US or anyone with all the shutdowns...
The united states is in the top 3 of the MOST FERTILE SOIL and Farms, with a huge food production industry... we grow everything...
Given a stopped economy we can afford to last quite some time before our food stores are drained by our population.
China however has a different problem... despite being the Largest global producer in bulk of certain essentials, it is also the LARGEST IMPORTER. its agriculture sector accounts for only 10% of its economy...
with Global Trade shutdown... that means it has to use their own supply for 100% of its population, and now will have limited access to imports...
1.4 Billion people....
they are gonna have to eat eachother just to avoid starvation... this is the result of their over indulgence in industry with no regard to how it is poisoning the rivers and soil...
so in desperation, they will cannibalize, and they will drink contaminated water....
and thus china will weaken greatly...
the US, will have plenty of food for at least one year if that is how long the shutdown lasts...
but just in case, Mexico, U.S. and Canada are all having talks and agreements made to insure our three nations continue to trade during this pandemic... so plenty of eggs and tortilla and meat will flow, and beer.
while china... starves out at least 50% of its population.... Genocide through Manufactured FEAR...
also would explain why we would choose NOW to have contaminated the chinese with this...
which will give us powerful leverage when the Economy is "turned back on" as the chinese will still be struggling with its Famine...and our own citizens are well fed and EAGER to get back to work...
the fear will be pushed as long as it is needed to accomplish the weakening of china and other nations...
and to shake loose undesirables in many population zones... Eugenics
Imagine if Africa and the Middle East and maybe even South America get walloped too (by the virus and economy). All of those lovely natural resources just begging for a new owner.