While I do largely agree.. in the U.S. the politics are bundled in ways that are largely unable to be agreed upon. The influence of large industries also canno

While I do largely agree.. in the U.S. the politics are bundled in ways that are largely unable to be agreed upon. The influence of large industries also cannot be underestimated. That also doesn't even consider the issue of the number of politically motivated people working in media that want an economic crisis to unseat Trump. The advent of woke tribalism has been more damaging to both freedom, democracy, sane policy negotiation etc. Stone-walling is now the norm. It's really hard to say how any of this will shake out in the end. If people stay calm, keep about 2 weeks of food/water as a normal point (don't stockpile for months), you can easily overcome any logistical issues. Panic only exacerbates the problems. In the end, some will suffer, but it's like we're overestimating the impact. Worst case, this will probably be similar to the 1932 flu... I don't think it will get even that bad in practice (which was pretty bad). Within a year or 3, it should be fully recovered, unless too many people, do too many stupid things and panic too much, making wierd economic shifts.