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It’s the default treatment. Destroying civilization in the off chance that it might help is the approach that’s worrisome.
by pjkundert 6y ago
It’s the default treatment.
Destroying civilization in the off chance that it might help is the approach that’s worrisome.
- jakemauer 6y agoCan I get clarification on your second sentence? Are you saying that approaches like New Zealand's are destroying civilization?
- ElCapitanMarkla 6y agoA few weeks of lockdown destroyed civilisation? With the exception of international travel, life is more or less as per normal in NZ right now. What are you even talking about.
- pjkundert 6y agoMonths of lockdown have destroyed somewhere between a quarter and half of all small businesses in Canada. The resultant unwinding of commercial real-estate debt hasn’t even begun. The deflationary spike and follow-on “riding the dragon” of inflationary response by central banks hasn’t even begun. When we finish consuming our personal reserves, and begin in earnest to try to supply food and lodging to the, what, 50% of the population not “employed” by government, what do you guess is going to happen. It will be illuminating, at least, to those who think they understand how civilization works...