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I used to think that we'd emerge a cleaner more considerate society. I was naive. Too many Americans are far too selfish and inconsiderate not to return to th
by kmbfjr 6y ago
I used to think that we'd emerge a cleaner more considerate society. I was naive.
Too many Americans are far too selfish and inconsiderate not to return to the "way things were". We're already seeing the 1%'ers of that class coming out of their caves demanding a return to normalcy regardless of the costs in lives.
When, is answered by either when there is a vaccine or the virus has touch pretty much everyone. Given the political distaste for doing things like other countries or upon the advice of people who know about pandemics, my money is on the latter.
- erik_seaberg 6y agoI'm not worried about normalcy, I'm worried about running out of replacement parts for the huge distributed system that we all rely on for food and energy and communication. We're draining the queue right now, and I don't believe a command economy can replace the continuously tuned marketplace we halted.