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Obviously not good, but it's not apocalyptic either. That's the death count with the measures put in place. If C-19 hadn't been taken as seriously as it was th
by onion2k 4y ago
Obviously not good, but it's not apocalyptic either.
That's the death count with the measures put in place. If C-19 hadn't been taken as seriously as it was then you might be adding a zero to that death count. Maybe two.
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- bigbillheck 4y ago> However unlike in 1920 the majority were not economically active. I really hope this is the most ghoulish thing I read all week, because I don't want to imagine the alternative.
- onion2k 4y agoThis is a fascinating thought experiment - how well do you think people would cope if their government just decided that half of everyone over 60 dying is an acceptable loss? What would the fallout from the collective trauma be? How disastrous would the impact on the sudden collapse of most pension funds as most of the capital is withdrawn be? As someone who's interested in systems thinking and the impact of feedback loops in large scale systems, I can't even begin to fathom how badly society would be damaged if this had actually happened.
- eropple 4y agoThis is actively ghastly chin-stroking under the guise of intellectualism and should have no place here.