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Walk around in your boxers and bump loud music and sing along, every now and then, just to decompress. The stay-at-home-order has only started and wil...

At least it will be trendy now, especially in big cities and crowded places. And think about the way how people react to someone that coughs out now. ...

That they are so stupid that they believe in socialism?

I'm not so sure about that. In the end it's the same discourse as we heard about NAFTA long time ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3LvZAZ-HV4 Duri...

StreetlightX, for you capitalism is simply everything wrong ever in our society.

Yep. Our whole financial system is so f*ed up that as crazy it may sound, they may have a point. But perhaps up only to a point I would argue. But I m...

That is the way it goes. Especially with the military parading around. Usually it's just a photo op and to calm the people by showing that the governm...

They have been for a long time the local authorities, btw. And nipping an epidemic in the bud when it starts is the real way to defeat these. And then...

Here's a good newsclip comparing the response in Taiwan and in Italy. Again the underlying reason of the difference is what Taiwan implemented after S...

And nationalized the health care sector for the time of the pandemic, which will make many here really happy and interested.

Wellcome to the club, Hanover.

My bad. Stupid of me. I agree. And for example when the 2003 SARS outbreak didn't hit us (US & Europe) so much, we likely patted us on the back on a j...

I would say it will go backwards in slow motion. First the most stringent restrictions will be opened after the infection rate (and the death rate) ha...

Read what I write, Baden.

I agree. Now there are places that are hit by the pandemic and those that will be hit. Have to say that at least he is optimistic. Perhaps his followe...

That is a good point, Tiff. 9/11 did change a lot in the thinking. And on the positive side, hopefully this pandemic will make the focus to be afterwa...

So what do people think about Trump's new idea: What regions is talking about? States? Lower level cities, communities and counties? This sounds as gr...

Just occured to me, Oh how the 2020's are going to be so different from the 2010's and 2000's. This global pandemic hitting us in 2020 means that 20's...

Wasn't this enough? Oh right, it's a Philosophy forum. :wink:

Don't care much about the 2016 election, just as I don't care of the 2012 election. It's history. Just answering Hanovers question.

So it goes. I bet many historians will smile when telling this story. Of course, it's going to be marketed only as "socialism for the rich". Remember ...

Fair question. Of course, you would have suffered for years now of Hillary Derangement Syndrome (HDS) and the country would be as polarized and hatefu...

I think it's the contrary.

Stop right there. That is Trump and the people that want to lick his ass. And some libertarian weirdos. That isn't the elite. Everybody else understan...

That's the view of the Modern monetary theory (MMT) and Chartalism say. But I firmly believe there is a limit when people simple have doubts or lose c...

Places with most tourists and business links around the World will be first hit and that has seemed to happen to North Italy and New York. Of course n...

We are awestruck of your uncanny Nostradamus-like abilities to forecast that Trump wouldn't solve anything, but is this the correct thread, Benkei? Tr...

Let's see then on next Monday what the figures are. (Let's see who got closer! :death: ) What I suspect that at some point Trump will get angry at the...

That's why his followers love him as he doesn't at all sound like a politician. And he is a great communicator for his followers. And he's a genuine p...

Bullshit. Bankruptcy of one of the most successful franchising companies operating in well over 100 countries would be a big issue. And if you think a...

Begs the question: Who is still living normally, going out with friends and not taking any other measures than not shaking hands on the forum? I'm jus...

Wrong. Your economy is a service based economy. Period. Please understand it. McDonalds is important. https://tradegov.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/pri...

Nice to hear. And hope everything goes fine with her husband too.

Michael, how is your mother? Hope she's good.

That's simply wrong. We knew a pandemic would hit us sometime. What medical equipment would be needed was easy to see for the professionals. The medic...

In a way yes. But those emergency reserves are exactly for these kind of events: when there is an acute shortage because of a sudden crisis and you ca...

(I think this would be better to be answered in the Corona-virus thread, not here, but I'll answer still.) His rhetoric afterwards and at present tell...

Yes, it is. Inflation didn't happen after 2007-2008 in the "Great Recession". Neither it happened in economic crash of the 1990's in my country (and o...

And I guess sending troops from one country to help in the worst hit pandemic area and then them coming home would be like... how the Spanish Flu spre...

And with this recession you won't go back to a hunter gatherer society. Remember the financial crisis of 2008? Some call it the "Great Recession". Yea...

Some of the preparations made is New York State as the state has passed the infection numbers of France:

You genuinely think Trump's (and others) rhetoric will have an effect other than just keeping all commentators talking about their remarks? Or you thi...

Yes, and at least you admit it. I'd tone it down a notch with the argument everything is happening because the evils of the neoliberal capitalist deat...

Ah. The bliss of looking at everything from a distinct political view. :snicker:

Thank you for reading my response. Well, as I and someone else already said, the governors are the de facto leaders in this case. And once the infecti...

How about this then, if you would mind to glance over before you answer. First, I'm not remarking anything about Trump here: Hence, we are making deci...

It seems you didn't even read further.

There is always that question when you are thinking about precautionary measures. Let's face it: curbing the corona virus infections spike is an antic...

As a military historian I guess you know better these events than sociologists or philosophers. I've noticed that few philosophers understand war, esp...

(I've always said to Americans that Finland is like Minnesota. It's quite the same even in the climate.) Well, I was talking about leadership. The Fed...