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World War 2 killed only 0.3% of Americans. When 3% of Americans die, you will lose your job, there's a very good chance you will lose your home, and good luck
by yongjik 7y ago
World War 2 killed only 0.3% of Americans. When 3% of Americans die, you will lose your job, there's a very good chance you will lose your home, and good luck having a normal life.
- DuskStar 7y agoLosing 3% of Americans, spread equally throughout the population, would be bad for the economy. Losing 20% of retirees, though... That would be fantastic for the US economy. And guess what? Covid-19 kills mostly retirees. So no, they probably wouldn't be losing their job in that scenario, unless of course their job is to take care of the old in some way.
- rsgalloway 7y agoYes, and the assets passed down to the next generation would also be spent, thus further improving the economy.
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- Apes 7y agoI really don't get what the point of your argument here is. It's such a bad comparison. The US came out of WW2 with an amazing economy. Also this isn't a war. And your augment is openly self defeating, since it takes 5 seconds to find out that 3% of the world population died in WW2, and slightly more than a minute to find out that 12.7% of the Russian population died - only for them to become a world super power immediately after the end of the war. Are you arguing for bringing the economy back online?