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Bioweapons are crappy precisely because of what's happening now. A good weapon discriminates, and lets you kill exactly who you want. By that measure, a virus i
by sv9 6y ago
Bioweapons are crappy precisely because of what's happening now. A good weapon discriminates, and lets you kill exactly who you want. By that measure, a virus is about as hamfisted as you can get. Besides, why unleash a pandemic on the whole world when you can just do what China normally does and use conventional military power instead? It's cheaper and easier to get some men in boots with guns to stop a protest than it is to unleash a worldwide pandemic that might last for years or longer.
- adamiscool8 6y agoThat solves for the protest problem, not for the demographic crunch or China's desperate need to deleverage its economic system. [0] [0] https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/17/chinas-corporate-debt-is-biggest-threat-to-global-economy-moodys.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/17/chinas-corporate-debt-is-big...
- endtime 6y agoThis virus disproportionately impacts the elderly, and males. That was the whole point of my comment.