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This is going to sound crazy but I remember articles like this but about an inevitable pandemic just prior to a bunch of governments suddenly declaring a pandem

This is going to sound crazy but I remember articles like this but about an inevitable pandemic just prior to a bunch of governments suddenly declaring a pandemic and drastically flipping society upside down in harsh ways that were not at all symptoms of an actual virus. I’m not optimistic that a supply chain crisis which “blows the global economy off course” wouldn’t be caused by some terrible attempts by governments to “get ahead of” the impacts of a supply chain crisis.

SamPatt 5y ago
That doesn't sound crazy. Anyone paying attention realizes many of the well-intentioned responses to the pandemic had unintended consequences. This is nothing new. During the great depression livestock prices dropped so the government culled entire herds to drive prices up again. Then people went hungry. Smoot-Hawley tariff had similar negative impacts. In Communist China the government declared war on sparrows because they ate the grain, so they destroyed the population, which caused pest insects to proliferate and destroyed the crops. Then people starved. There's a long history of government intervention which cause massive disruptions that take many years to stabilize.
- throwawayffkk 5y ago
  >Anyone paying attention realizes many of the well-intentioned responses to the pandemic had unintended consequences. For me Occam's razor suggests that the consequences are mostly intended. The decision makers in politics, media, and fortune 500 companies aren't stupid and are doing quite well for themselves.