Coronavirus: COVID-19

Anteater · 01-02-2021, 08:05 PM

"I know I sound like a liberal arts student from Middle America BUT..."

Well no ****ing **** BRUH.

~~jwb~~ · 01-02-2021, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ando here

Kid has a point. vvvv

uh yeah capitalism is the system by which we earn a living so obviously it's going to spread the virus because all human activities where you come into contact with other people spread the virus.

This isn't nearly as profound a thought as he seems to think. Batlord can roll his eyes at fast food being essential but the truth is all of our lives depend on this system and if business just shut down for an extended period of time you're talking great depression levels of economic impact. This generation honestly has no real conception of how bad **** can get. We've been living in a bubble since around the 1950s.

OccultHawk · 01-02-2021, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by jwb

uh yeah capitalism is the system by which we earn a living so obviously it's going to spread the virus because all human activities where you come into contact with other people spread the virus.

This isn't nearly as profound a thought as he seems to think. Batlord can roll his eyes at fast food being essential but the truth is all of our lives depend on this system and if business just shut down for an extended period of time you're talking great depression levels of economic impact. This generation honestly has no real conception of how bad **** can get. We've been living in a bubble since around the 1950s.

There’s an extraordinarily simple solution. You take money and property from rich people and you give it to poor people.

~~jwb~~ · 01-02-2021, 08:20 PM

If it's so simple, then do it.

~~jwb~~ · 01-02-2021, 08:21 PM

Waiting for the masses to wake up into a perfect class consciousness is like waiting for Jesus to come back.

The Batlord · 01-02-2021, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by jwb

uh yeah capitalism is the system by which we earn a living so obviously it's going to spread the virus because all human activities where you come into contact with other people spread the virus.

This isn't nearly as profound a thought as he seems to think. Batlord can roll his eyes at fast food being essential but the truth is all of our lives depend on this system and if business just shut down for an extended period of time you're talking great depression levels of economic impact. This generation honestly has no real conception of how bad **** can get. We've been living in a bubble since around the 1950s.

Considering how much money they happily print for the military and rich people both in the last recession and this one I think it amounts to dicksucking to assume they couldn't have done the same for the working class to keep us at home. I mean they wouldn't need to print all that money for rich folk if they just gave it to poor folk who'd have to pay it to their landlords anyway.

Trollheart · 01-02-2021, 08:23 PM

Hawk, your sig is #fakenews

OccultHawk · 01-02-2021, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by jwb

If it's so simple, then do it.

Simple doesn’t necessarily mean easy

First we gotta unbrainwash people like you

Society is gonna collapse without Burger King - **** that noise

The Batlord · 01-02-2021, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jwb

Waiting for the masses to wake up into a perfect class consciousness is like waiting for Jesus to come back.

You claim socialists are giving up when they don't seize power or vote in the left or join communes but aren't you just giving up by allowing the rich to treat you like a slave while you pretend it isn't even happening? Aren't you just a complete bitchass coward letting some middle management loser dictate your life?

~~jwb~~ · 01-02-2021, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Considering how much money they happily print for the military and rich people both in the last recession and this one I think it amounts to dicksucking to assume they couldn't have done the same for the working class to keep us at home. I mean they wouldn't need to print all that money for rich folk if they just gave it to poor folk who'd have to pay it to their landlords anyway.

oh I don't disagree it's technically doable but practicably speaking... In order to shut the economy down.. you're talking about a consistent ubi check not just a stimulus every now and then. That's not an avenue the politicians in america will go down. They don't wanna give people the taste of free money. Even Bernie sanders and AOC probably wouldn't be willing to introduce that sorta UBI. So we're talking a complete pipe dream. In the meantime... We rely on the economy to not collapse.

And@OH saying it wouldn't happen... It collapsed in 2008 when everything seemed to be going good just based on some bad investments. Even worse in 1929. You're telling me if we closed down most businesses and just waited for the virus to pass you don't think that could cause a similar type of depression?

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