Yeah I know this particular metaphor makes me sound like a subway preacher but the Book of Revelation aside there is just no possible way the economy snaps back to normal after this It would be a challenge with the best governance in the world, and we, uh, don't have thathttps://twitter.com/arthur_affect/status/1239901694877552647 …
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And people who are unhappy point fingers And our current President is leading his whole party in deciding everything he could be blamed for is China's fault And while I still don't think WWIII is likely, I think that with a lot less conviction than four years ago
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Man I remember over and over having conversations with people, all kinds of people, who would perform cynical savviness "Do you think China will ever invade Taiwan? Do you think the US will ever invade Iran? What sets off the Big One?" And they'd laugh and go "Don't be silly"
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"The world is run by businessmen these days, not by ideologues All they care about is that the profits keep rolling in, and as long as that happens they won't disturb the status quo or let anyone else disturb it" Yeah well Looks like they don't have control over that anymore
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What absurd arrogance, worthy of Hari Seldon in Foundation To chart out a theory predicting how the next century will go that just assumes *no new things will happen*
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I'm sure Jeff Bezos did indeed have a plan for things to just keep chugging along like normal for the rest of his life but the virus never got that memo and didn't agree to that plan
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