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So by April we'll have a new crisis in order to keep the lock-downs rolling.

by jcadam 6y ago

macintux 6y ago
I have no idea why big business, who supposedly controls the world, would want lockdowns. But in any case, we clearly won't have herd immunity by April, so don't embrace conspiracy theories when lockdowns continue.
- Mediterraneo10 6y ago
  Businesses definitely have a huge impact on how democracies function. But COVID has also put ruling parties in many countries in an awkward spot where they are worried about certain vocal parts of the electorate more than the business sector. The issue is that if ruling parties ease up on restrictions, the opposition will immediately accuse them of "risking lives", "killing grandma", etc. The opposition here might be completely disingenuous, they might be thirsting for an end to restrictions themselves, but they can’t pass up on the opportunity to score points against the ruling party. In polarized countries, the part of the population that opposes restrictions may even have become a slight majority. But still, as long as the opposition can use any relaxation in restrictions as a means to attack the ruling party and get just a slightly higher percentage of the vote sufficient to unseat the ruling party, the ruling party has little choice but to maintain restrictions.
  - standardUser 6y ago
    "the ruling party has little choice but to maintain restrictions. I hope you reevaluate that prediction in 3 months and maybe take that opportunity to reevaluate how you view the world. Because you are make a lot of very strong, falsifiable assertions with very little evidence.
    - Mediterraneo10 6y ago
      The situation in three months can change with the advent of vaccines and the Israeli study suggesting that they really do reduce transmission. But the scenario I outlined above is precisely how the struggle between ruling parties and the opposition has played out over the last several months in a number of European countries.
- aww_dang 6y ago
  There are plenty of ideas that would support those narratives, but I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that you've (disclaimer: correctly or incorrectly I make no judgement) dismissed them as conspiracy theories.
standardUser 6y ago
Who benefits from that? Are we supposed to believe that some cabal is orchestrating a global conspiracy, spanning every nation and culture, in order to destroy the global economy for some master plan?
guilhas 6y ago
Cases will start to go down in April because Summer, like in 2020. And every year before that for other virus. So they will probably take a moment celebrate the vaccine "success". But after that, something will definitely come up. Extra crazy variants, covid-ebola-bat-soup mutation, climate panic, aliens, China did it on purpose, Russia, the impending economy crash and burn (because of reddit not government lockdowns)... who knows? Stay tuned for the next episode of The Clown Show.
dennis_jeeves 6y ago
Yep, crisis galore. Keep those bastards on their toes...

So by April we'll have a new crisis in order to keep the lock-downs rolling.

by jcadam 6y ago

So by April we'll have a new crisis in order to keep the lock-downs rolling.

I have no idea why big business, who supposedly controls the world, would want lockdowns. But in any case, we clearly won't have herd immunity by April, so don't embrace conspiracy theories when lockdowns continue.

Mediterraneo10 6y ago
Businesses definitely have a huge impact on how democracies function. But COVID has also put ruling parties in many countries in an awkward spot where they are worried about certain vocal parts of the electorate more than the business sector. The issue is that if ruling parties ease up on restrictions, the opposition will immediately accuse them of "risking lives", "killing grandma", etc. The opposition here might be completely disingenuous, they might be thirsting for an end to restrictions themselves, but they can’t pass up on the opportunity to score points against the ruling party. In polarized countries, the part of the population that opposes restrictions may even have become a slight majority. But still, as long as the opposition can use any relaxation in restrictions as a means to attack the ruling party and get just a slightly higher percentage of the vote sufficient to unseat the ruling party, the ruling party has little choice but to maintain restrictions.
- standardUser 6y ago
  "the ruling party has little choice but to maintain restrictions. I hope you reevaluate that prediction in 3 months and maybe take that opportunity to reevaluate how you view the world. Because you are make a lot of very strong, falsifiable assertions with very little evidence.
  - Mediterraneo10 6y ago
    The situation in three months can change with the advent of vaccines and the Israeli study suggesting that they really do reduce transmission. But the scenario I outlined above is precisely how the struggle between ruling parties and the opposition has played out over the last several months in a number of European countries.
aww_dang 6y ago
There are plenty of ideas that would support those narratives, but I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that you've (disclaimer: correctly or incorrectly I make no judgement) dismissed them as conspiracy theories.

standardUser 6y ago

Who benefits from that? Are we supposed to believe that some cabal is orchestrating a global conspiracy, spanning every nation and culture, in order to destroy the global economy for some master plan?

guilhas 6y ago

Cases will start to go down in April because Summer, like in 2020. And every year before that for other virus. So they will probably take a moment celebrate the vaccine "success". But after that, something will definitely come up. Extra crazy variants, covid-ebola-bat-soup mutation, climate panic, aliens, China did it on purpose, Russia, the impending economy crash and burn (because of reddit not government lockdowns)... who knows? Stay tuned for the next episode of The Clown Show.

dennis_jeeves 6y ago

Yep, crisis galore. Keep those bastards on their toes...