Economic ruin or Coronavirus - Pick your poison.

in economy •  5 years ago 

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https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/05/03/coronavirus-still-with-us-be-patient-save-lives-mitch-albom/3074299001/

Wow I couldn’t even finish this. This is so completely disgusting. Shaming those who fear economic ruin by exclaiming, people have it much worse than you in the developing world and Americans don’t know how to suffer appropriately. Just accept your government money and be happy. Some people are making more now with the $600 sweetener than they did before; don’t ruin it for them.

And my favorite:

“In that regard, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who has taken a lot of heat, has actually done Michiganders a favor with this longer lockdown. She has saved us from the tough and potentially terrifying question: Do I risk my health or my job?”

There is one thing that is common with all dictators big and small, democratically elected or rose to power with violence; they free you from having to make those tough decisions in life. You are truly free to live your life the way THEY see fit. This is the mentality of the feudal peasant, the cowed pre-war Germans, and the Venezuelans of the past decade. My biggest fear is not the virus or the economic downturn, but the fact this mentality has now solidified its grip on the American people. If it has, America is truly dead.

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