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I’m guessing 10 more weeks before we see the first signs of economy reboot. This is going to get really brutal. I’m not seeing any historical comparable for what we’re headed for. Not WW2, not the Great Depression, not the Spanish Flu. This is a totally sui generis cataclysm.
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I disagree with that. People fall ill and die all the time, and only really comfortable people need reminders of vulnerability. Overall fatality rate will likely end up under 1% once we count right. But the economic shock is going to be pretty unique.
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Again the “we”... I for example *didn’t* view 9/11 that way, and like half the country, was against half the policy response (wars in Afghanistan and Iraq) and was skeptical of the other half (homeland security theater and curtailment of civil liberties).
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Certain outcome equilibrium conditions will emerge from this and some subset of us will be happy with it. Doesn’t mean it will be a consensus “right” outcome according to everybody. It’ll just be another shitty equilibrium to most that they are powerless to resist.
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I think you might be conflating numerical majorities and power-weighted majority... you're an institutionalist and perhaps haven't had (or maybe forgotten) what it's like to be outside the protective force field of core institutions