1888 pts · August 4, 2013
Very informative! Thanks
I already supplied a link that you didn’t read
Egypt, Peru, Pakistan, Chile, Brazil, India, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe. Need I go on? Come on buddy.
Ppl forget they can oppose a policy on principle but acknowledge it’s necessary to keep on the table under current societal circumstances
Exactly. Another conservative distraction! I’m not a fan of SSA but “social crutches” are the last thing on my govt oppression shit list.
The people who protest shutdowns by neglecting hygiene are morons because of hygiene not because they want to protect their livelihood
Esp if that means small businesses aren’t. They’re essential to the owners. I’ll happily wear a mask, wash my hands, & avoid crowds though
I’m aware it’s an unpopular opinion but I don’t think the govt should be able to decide what business is essential.
Well I could start with all the wars the USA is fighting that it’s citizens have to pay for. Or statewide lockdowns.
We need to support them! But it would be better if they didn’t loose their homes
You don’t see Hong Kong protesting masks. I get the premise of the argument but as a libertarian I find it petty. We got bigger problems
The face mask debacle is merely a distraction from the truly oppressive policies imo
Imo, weigh the lockdown benefit vs both external and internal collateral damage. We need to check our relative privilege before acting.
My point is left and right alike need to realize USA could be in their position decades down the line. We enjoy more flexibility as a nation
Venezuela for example is experiencing shortages due to a combo of downward pressure on the supply chain/ ongoing isolationist policy
Maybe we got our wires crossed. You’re 100% correct, there’s abundance of food globally. The problem is with the supply chain.
Logistics.
Ok wow, you’re an ass.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/05/crises-coronavirus-could-worsen/
It’s not that our lockdown was the wrong move, but it doesn’t exist in a bubble. If it helps I’m voting for Biden in November.
Venezuela, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, parts of India are already experiencing famine. Child vaccination efforts have stalled.
Which is why it’s so fucked. We tanked our consumption, crushed the global economy, sparked an intl famine w/o maximizing our own outcome
Fair enough! As long as we’re clear that people die either way. Lockdowns will kill more children. But self preservation is human nature.
Our choice to lockdown has repercussions beyond our borders. Ethically, what’ve we have chosen to do is extremely dicey at the least
There will never be a famine in the United States. I don’t think our population can truly comprehend what that means tbh.
Oh and there’s going to be a lot of locusts this summer. So that’s awesome
Resources that normally support agriculture in Africa are being redirected to lockdowns. Day laborers can’t work, they don’t get stimulus’s
Countries with means (not just USA) are cutting back humanitarian aid to pay for their own lockdowns. NGOs don’t have $ to ship food
Global air traffic is down 85%, creating downward pressure on other types of freight. The shortage trickles down, poor people pay the price
Not exactly. In the USA, 100% correct. But supply chains are less resilient in some countries, think Venezuela/Zimbabwe/parts of India.
Very informative! Thanks
I already supplied a link that you didn’t read
Egypt, Peru, Pakistan, Chile, Brazil, India, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe. Need I go on? Come on buddy.
Ppl forget they can oppose a policy on principle but acknowledge it’s necessary to keep on the table under current societal circumstances
Exactly. Another conservative distraction! I’m not a fan of SSA but “social crutches” are the last thing on my govt oppression shit list.
The people who protest shutdowns by neglecting hygiene are morons because of hygiene not because they want to protect their livelihood
Esp if that means small businesses aren’t. They’re essential to the owners. I’ll happily wear a mask, wash my hands, & avoid crowds though
I’m aware it’s an unpopular opinion but I don’t think the govt should be able to decide what business is essential.
Well I could start with all the wars the USA is fighting that it’s citizens have to pay for. Or statewide lockdowns.
We need to support them! But it would be better if they didn’t loose their homes
You don’t see Hong Kong protesting masks. I get the premise of the argument but as a libertarian I find it petty. We got bigger problems
The face mask debacle is merely a distraction from the truly oppressive policies imo
Imo, weigh the lockdown benefit vs both external and internal collateral damage. We need to check our relative privilege before acting.
My point is left and right alike need to realize USA could be in their position decades down the line. We enjoy more flexibility as a nation
Venezuela for example is experiencing shortages due to a combo of downward pressure on the supply chain/ ongoing isolationist policy
Maybe we got our wires crossed. You’re 100% correct, there’s abundance of food globally. The problem is with the supply chain.
Logistics.
Ok wow, you’re an ass.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/05/crises-coronavirus-could-worsen/
It’s not that our lockdown was the wrong move, but it doesn’t exist in a bubble. If it helps I’m voting for Biden in November.
Venezuela, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, parts of India are already experiencing famine. Child vaccination efforts have stalled.
Which is why it’s so fucked. We tanked our consumption, crushed the global economy, sparked an intl famine w/o maximizing our own outcome
Fair enough! As long as we’re clear that people die either way. Lockdowns will kill more children. But self preservation is human nature.
Our choice to lockdown has repercussions beyond our borders. Ethically, what’ve we have chosen to do is extremely dicey at the least
There will never be a famine in the United States. I don’t think our population can truly comprehend what that means tbh.
Oh and there’s going to be a lot of locusts this summer. So that’s awesome
Resources that normally support agriculture in Africa are being redirected to lockdowns. Day laborers can’t work, they don’t get stimulus’s
Countries with means (not just USA) are cutting back humanitarian aid to pay for their own lockdowns. NGOs don’t have $ to ship food
Global air traffic is down 85%, creating downward pressure on other types of freight. The shortage trickles down, poor people pay the price
Not exactly. In the USA, 100% correct. But supply chains are less resilient in some countries, think Venezuela/Zimbabwe/parts of India.