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You also like the destruction of the economy, the 30% unemployment, the lost retirements, the collapsing mortgage market? If you just think this is a short bre

You also like the destruction of the economy, the 30% unemployment, the lost retirements, the collapsing mortgage market? If you just think this is a short break before we get back to normal you are in for a rude awakening. This will change everything both for us, our children and their children. Millions of companies are going to go bankrupt and people are going to get poorer which means more people are going to die from this not the least from famine.

triceratops 7y ago
I think I already mentioned the specific aspects I liked. But sure go ahead and be outraged about a bunch of things I didn't say. > more people are going to die from this not the least from famine. That didn't happen in the last recession - mortality rates apparently went down overall[1], though suicides were up[2]. And farm work isn't going to stop, so it isn't clear why there would be a famine. Anyway, stay safe and take care. It's obviously a tense time for everyone, and I hope you and your family and friends are all well. 1. https://www.npr.org/2018/01/09/576669311/hidden-brain-great-recession-deaths https://www.npr.org/2018/01/09/576669311/hidden-brain-great-... 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_the_Great_Recession https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_the_Great_Recession
- ThomPete 7y ago
  Last recession was vacation compared to this. This is a very very different scenario. This is like being in war, business cant happen even if you wanted to, even if there are customers. I am not outraged, i just pointed to the consequences of what you are enjoying so much.
mraudiobook_com 7y ago
It's hard to put my finger on it but this pandemic has really put a clear division between these two types of people. The ThomPete Joe Biden "dont rock the boat normies" and the HN/Bernie Sanders revolutionaries. I hope the Biden people lose.

triceratops 7y ago

I think I already mentioned the specific aspects I liked. But sure go ahead and be outraged about a bunch of things I didn't say. > more people are going to die from this not the least from famine. That didn't happen in the last recession - mortality rates apparently went down overall[1], though suicides were up[2]. And farm work isn't going to stop, so it isn't clear why there would be a famine. Anyway, stay safe and take care. It's obviously a tense time for everyone, and I hope you and your family and friends are all well. 1. https://www.npr.org/2018/01/09/576669311/hidden-brain-great-recession-deaths https://www.npr.org/2018/01/09/576669311/hidden-brain-great-... 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_the_Great_Recession https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_the_Great_Recession

ThomPete 7y ago
Last recession was vacation compared to this. This is a very very different scenario. This is like being in war, business cant happen even if you wanted to, even if there are customers. I am not outraged, i just pointed to the consequences of what you are enjoying so much.

mraudiobook_com 7y ago

It's hard to put my finger on it but this pandemic has really put a clear division between these two types of people. The ThomPete Joe Biden "dont rock the boat normies" and the HN/Bernie Sanders revolutionaries. I hope the Biden people lose.