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After this is over, the saddest possible outcome is if America returns to the same systems, having learned nothing. I don't expect it at all, but I've been mor
by moosey 7y ago
After this is over, the saddest possible outcome is if America returns to the same systems, having learned nothing. I don't expect it at all, but I've been more surprised in the past.
- krapp 7y agoUnless there are millions of deaths in the US from this, a return to the status quo seems like the most likely scenario, as people will assume the scope and danger of the pandemic was overblown by the media all along.
- zamalek 7y agoThings would stay the same even with millions of deaths. "Socialism is nothing more than communism" and "communism is evil" are two concepts that are deeply embedded here.
- krapp 7y agoI don't know... once you can measure the scale of an event in Holocausts, all bets might be off the table.
- beamatronic 7y agoEmbedded in certain geographic and demographic sectors. Always remember the Republicans have a demographic problem that cannot be overcome long term.
- twomoretime 7y agoOn the other hand, this is sort of a once in a lifetime (possibly once in an era) event and the reforms that would have made this easier to deal with aren't necessarily good for "regular" conditions... Much like people's sudden views on UBI, especially those claiming that the upcoming stimulus is somehow proof that we need UBI or that it works - we're in a national emergency where hundreds of millions of livelihoods are threatened, any experiment we do now won't necessarily translate back to peacetime life.