Life as we know it is over. The sooner we come to terms with that, the sooner we can envision a new set of possibilities for ourselves and society
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Replying to @cognazor
I think mostly good things are going to come of it? (other than 100s of thousands of deaths). I am in my own weird corner of social media, but it seems like people are tired of a lot of stuff that just sailed on inertia for a long time.
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Replying to @xstntlprvrt69
I definitely don't want to minimize the suffering and death that this is causing, it is tragic. But I tend to agree, our current trajectory was not sustainable, and perhaps this will be a wake up call in preparation for the even bigger disruptions down the line
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Replying to @cognazor
I see: 1) rejection of a lot of onerous regulations that have been in place for a long time and have been dropped in the emergency 2) support for expanded social security and healthcare 3) a realization that our economy prioritized market 'efficiency' over resilience.
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Replying to @xstntlprvrt69 @cognazor
4) a realization that people in "menial" jobs are actually essential and should maybe have a living wage. 5) support for autarky and stronger borders
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Replying to @xstntlprvrt69
I am not necessarily anti trade and migration, but the ability to decouple in crisis is important - resilience and the option of self-sufficiency at the bioregional scale (I'm not really a statist, as many of those boundaries are artificial)
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I am conflicted about immigration. I believe that 1) many immigrants are high contributing members to our society and 2) we have moral obligations to strangers in distress, but I am also aware that there are advantages to minimizing ethnic/cultural fault lines.
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