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"Everything has been hit. I never in my life thought I'd see a black swan," Pichinson said. "This is a black swan." He must be pretty young if he can't remembe
by birdyrooster 7y ago
"Everything has been hit. I never in my life thought I'd see a black swan," Pichinson said. "This is a black swan."
He must be pretty young if he can't remember 9/11.
- xtracto 7y agoBut 9/11 as ugly as it was, was US only. It did not have any financial repercussions in my circles outside of USA. This thing is impacting worldwide
- birdyrooster 7y agoIt had global repercussions. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_effects_of_the_September_11_attacks https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_effects_of_the_Sept...
- TeMPOraL 7y agoThe main repercussion of 9/11 was the US collectively going crazy, starting wars and taking away civil liberties. And western fiction getting so dark and dystopian ever since. But outside the US, Iraq and Afghanistan, nothing substantially changed for anyone. 9/11 is nothing compared to this pandemic. It hit swiftly and brought the entire world to its knees. There's no hiding from repercussions for anyone, and we're not even through the worst of them.
- CydeWeys 7y agoHe's 73 per the article. And, economically, this is going to be a lot worse than 9/11.