Originally Posted by
Antonito
First, you can't discuss economics on a global scale without including emotions because so much of the economy is based on emotion. Look how wildly markets swing based off of Trump tweets.
Second, it won't help for the government to have a blunt discussion of the economy right now because too many people would lose their minds. Much like how they are baby-stepping us into the reality of a prolonged shut down by only announcing 30 days at a time, they are baby-stepping us towards the reality of loan deferral and temporary mincome. Yes, in theory they could slobber the invisible cock of the free market right down to the balls, leaving everyone to go bankrupt or devolve into anarchy as the population fights amongst themselves to figure out a balance of working to keep their noses above water while trying to avoid lynching's everytime someone coughs. But realistically they see that in order to avoid chaos they'll just have to look the other way on the imaginary numbers that make up the economy. Much like they do during war time and in 2008. Yes I understand that you can't just buy everyone Ferraris, or that if this were only happening to one country the disaster capitalists would pick it's bones clean without a second thought. But when the choice for all of the worlds leading countries is to either tell the banks to chill for 6 months or go into full Purge mode, I have faith that they will make the right choice. Not because I think they have shreds of humanity left, but more because our robot replacements aren't up to the task of replacing us. If nothing else this pandemic has really highlighted the fact that workers are still needed to make the world work. Profit margins and shrewd business dealings only get so far until someone needs to actually produce and deliver goods and services. Also of note, unlike in 2008 when the financial meltdown was because the bankers built a bubble on top of needles, the economy is still fully viable once the world opens back up. For once in our lives it's not anybodys fault, and as long as we can keep the ghouls from sacrificing the world to temporarily satiate the blood lust of the stock market, it's entirely possible to come out on the other side of this. Hell, I won't even roll my eyes when Trump brags about how he presided over the greatest economic recovery of all time.
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