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People act like government adding a zero to everyone's bank account will help us weather the storm. News: it won't. The pandemic makes blindingly clear what peo
by gnusty_gnurc 6y ago
People act like government adding a zero to everyone's bank account will help us weather the storm. News: it won't. The pandemic makes blindingly clear what people only loosely have to countenance during prosperous times: any of the things we enjoy are made. No magic! If people can't produce things (government prohibition on work) - we won't have things!
- nelaboras 6y agoFor western countries there's no shortage of anything important. The argument that the economic effects will kill more might count for the US with its absurd policies (like link between healthcare and employment) or countries like China and India with less developed social support systrms, but does not make much sense in Western Europe. You will see a slight increase in suicides from.unemployment, but health etc will not be impacted. And there will be some other positive effects: decreased traffic means decreased pollution (a key cause of heart and lung disease), less traffic accidents, less stress linked to long commutes, etc. Not to mention lower spread of other diseases like the common flu due to social distancing. I don't mean to paint it all rosy, but the issue is not as black and white as is suggested in articles like this.