John2290 said:
The economy is a life support machine for billions of people, If you think it's fucked up now how many people or dying wait until you see the rates in a global depression with near eight billion people and it won't be passing away peacefully in an induced coma it'll often be right after violently shiting blood out after the body has eaten itself from the inside out with no food or being beaten in some riot or shot in some war people had no choice but to join, and what not. The virus at most means tens of millions dead and this can be spread over a period as not to destroy the economy and give time to adjust but we know now it should not reach those numbers if we act intelligently. A global depression and/or a breakdown of goverments means billions dead in our currently over populated world. The vast majority of people are on a life support machine known as the economy, most don't even have the option or knowledge of survival without a working economy and our current supply of food and water and it would be pointless for them to even think about adjusting. About half of all the worlds people live in cities and large towns... yeah, a global depression in the 2020's will work out really well, they'll all be so happy they'll not leave and riot for the land of farmers once they have no food for a week or two with no prospect of food and the government rations don't extend to keeping wieght on or their childerns bellies full. Economy = life |
The majority of economic activity in developed nations is not "necessary to life". Lets absolutely not kid ourselves into thinking otherwise here. - Allot of our economy activity in the developed world is there to bolster our standard of living, not to survive.
The economic hit is also temporary, markets, jobs and so forth will return to normal.
Lockdown and defeating the virus, saving lives, whilst the economy goes into hibernation is proving to be the most effectual course of action, Government then needs to step in with various safety nets to assist the most vulnerable.
Again. The economic hit is only temporary, who gives a crap if a $1 Trillion dollar company makes a few billion less this quarter.
A depression in the 1900's will not have the same effect as a depression in the 2020's, there are allot more controls in place at various stages of government to assist those in need.
Life > Economy/Money. Always.
And also let's not kid ourselves here, we are going to have a recession, the world is going to have a recession, we might as well defeat the virus while we are at it.
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