8) While I sympathize with people who want to reopen their businesses I don't think you need a militia QRF to do it. You certainly don't need a militia QRF to cover morons screaming about 5G and "Mark of the Beast" vaccines.
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9) People continue to have trouble with the concept that multiple things can be bad at the same time. This is an evergreen problem, but its impact is heightened in situations like the one we face right now. Another case of cognitively "running home to mommy" cope.
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10) These shortages really spook me. Our supply chains are way more brittle than normies realize. They've been changing the layout of the grocery store I go to to make it look normal, but there's only about half of the product that used to be on the shelves.
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11) One thing that got my gears turning the other day was the 30% drop in bottled fruit smoothie prices, which indicate a upstream market collapse. I don't think a lot of the growers are going to plant crops anytime soon given these conditions.
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12) Logistical problems take time to materialize. We won't experience the consequences of a fruit market collapse in the form of acute shortages for a month or two, but rest assured, they're coming. And when they do I think a lot of people will get really scared.
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13) We'll be able to work through the concrete aspects of these problems given resources and time, but the abstract, psychological impact is what really worries me. Is our society gonna be able to handle things visibly falling apart everywhere at once?
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14) More importantly, can the authorities handle it? The potential for overreaction and misbehavior on the part of the average American cop is unacceptable even under regular circumstances. These are not regular circumstances.
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15) Every police officer I've interacted with in the past few months is noticeably shook. The thin blue line is awfully thin, and they know it better than anybody else. Combine that with a habit for acting like the suburbs are Iraq and you can see the potential for problems.
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16) Last week somebody tried to break into the lower level of my building. Since I was pretty sure it was just a few hobos scavenging I hit the lights started yelling at them and they ran off. Once they had time to split I called the cops to take a look for damage.
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17) Within five minutes there were three SUVs and two squad cars with a total of about fifteen cops, and *they* broke into the building to search it. The funny thing is that I didn't even call 911, I called 311 and got transferred without asking to be. Complete overreaction.
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