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Really disappointed by this comment, totally uncalled for and extremely disrespectful, and in case you were living on the moon the lockdowns have been very hard

Really disappointed by this comment, totally uncalled for and extremely disrespectful, and in case you were living on the moon the lockdowns have been very hard on alot of people, see skyrocketing suicide and overdose numbers from these actions.

PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago
The lockdowns have been hard, yes indeed. The lockdowns are in fact nothing to do with the virus, and instead are part of a scheme to hide the true nature of contemporary capitalism? Please ...
- jiveturkey42 5y ago
  It sure was a convenient way to move around trillions of dollars
  - PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago
    Oh, wait, now we're onto "it wasn't just the lockdowns. They set up the lockdowns knowing that some months later, they would inject billons of dollars into the economy in a way that would, GASP, benefit the already rich at least as much as the not-already-rich"? That's the claim now? Look, I get it, the "bailouts" distributed huge sums of money and lots of it went to people who, viewed through the lens of some sort of moral common sense, should not have received it. That's unfortunately the price you pay for a big country with a big economy. Trying to ensure that none of it was misdirected would have ensured nobody got any at all.
    - jiveturkey42 5y ago
      No, you're right. Everything happened exactly as the experts and fact-checkers said it did
      - PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago
        That's not the (only) alternative to the paranoid style. It's possible to believe that government (like all human institutions) can be deeply flawed and corrupt while simultaneously still doing things that in aggregate are beneficial to the whole of society.
        jiveturkey42 5y ago
        What was paranoid? It was a convenient way to move around trillions of dollars
        PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago
        The vast majority of which was dispensed to US individuals via checks. Did some of it go to places it should not have done? See my previous responses.

PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago

The lockdowns have been hard, yes indeed. The lockdowns are in fact nothing to do with the virus, and instead are part of a scheme to hide the true nature of contemporary capitalism? Please ...

jiveturkey42 5y ago
It sure was a convenient way to move around trillions of dollars
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago
  Oh, wait, now we're onto "it wasn't just the lockdowns. They set up the lockdowns knowing that some months later, they would inject billons of dollars into the economy in a way that would, GASP, benefit the already rich at least as much as the not-already-rich"? That's the claim now? Look, I get it, the "bailouts" distributed huge sums of money and lots of it went to people who, viewed through the lens of some sort of moral common sense, should not have received it. That's unfortunately the price you pay for a big country with a big economy. Trying to ensure that none of it was misdirected would have ensured nobody got any at all.
  - jiveturkey42 5y ago
    No, you're right. Everything happened exactly as the experts and fact-checkers said it did
    - PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago
      That's not the (only) alternative to the paranoid style. It's possible to believe that government (like all human institutions) can be deeply flawed and corrupt while simultaneously still doing things that in aggregate are beneficial to the whole of society.
      - jiveturkey42 5y ago
        What was paranoid? It was a convenient way to move around trillions of dollars
        PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago
        The vast majority of which was dispensed to US individuals via checks. Did some of it go to places it should not have done? See my previous responses.