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This is so spot on!
It won't because these are special measures. In fact, the EU will be stronger because lot of countries will need interest free credit lines.The EU will be weakened. Every country in the EU is going their own way when it comes to responding to this, and Schengen will come under question.
A quick look at twitter and all the brexit loons are evoking ww2 and having a go at anyone that's got concerns based on scientific advice.This will probably be the historical event that convinces humans they have to cooperate more in the future.
Sadly I think this nationalist rhetoric gets stronger because of this, not weaker. More control of borders, more suspicion of immigrants, more acceptance of authoritarian measures in the public interest.A quick look at twitter and all the brexit loons are evoking ww2 and having a go at anyone that's got concerns based on scientific advice.
Don't forget England knows best and people are sick of experts....
Not sure where you get your newsThe EU will be weakened. Every country in the EU is going their own way when it comes to responding to this, and Schengen will come under question.
I don't even know where to start.I'll bet a big stack of your disposable income goes to those corporations though Mr holier than thou.
Billions on no deal? Better than billions being thrown as free money to other countries that contribute nothing.
Theyll turn alright.. into zombies when they dieI think this is going to escalate the existing tensions in America massively if this outbreak is as bad as anticipated. Sad to say there won't be any unity on this one but a lot of blame shifting. I do wonder if some of Trump's supporters will turn.
Why do you assume I'm outside the EU?! Weird assumption. I live in Denmark. I see very different approaches from our neighboring countries into how they're operating on different levels of governmentNot sure where you get your news
Yes countries are righlty restricting travel. But the EU is coordinating a joint approach to the virus - such as an EU wide ban on the export of medical equipment... to stop poorly prepared countries like UK from trying to procure vital equipment.
Amazing how people outside the EU always predict it's end, when it would only end if the 27 EU member states wanted it to, and the 27 countries are fully committed to it and value the project highly.
It surely has to be a turning point and a sort of 'this is what you get when you elect a reality TV star narcissist as your president' wake up call.Theyll turn alright.. into zombies when they die
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Virgin’s reaction to this has been disgraceful. They are one of the least needing companies in the world demanding a bailout.See Branson has his begging bowl out straight away asking the government for a huge bail out while putting his staff on 8 weeks unpaid leave.
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"Methinks"?I didn't say that NHS staff were snowflakes so please don't misquote me. The fact is that healthcare funding is expensive; and does require that choices have to be made. In the UK we're very good at it and have the among highest paid senior clinical staff of those countries with publically funded health-care systems.
The money tree that many of the self righteous think exists relies on a combination of debt being piled on to future generations and gambling on stock market growth. Not a good idea me thinks....
Not a chance. fecking Prospero and his ilk will blame the self righteous elite and vote them in again.If shit his the fan in the UK I can see the Tories being destroyed in an election for there handling of it.
No time to die will make an appearance too...If there's a top ten coronavirus tracks list then surely Under Pressure has to be #1, followed closely by Who wants to live forever.
I wouldn't count on it, there's still around 5 years until the next election and it would require Labour to actually be electable.If shit his the fan in the UK I can see the Tories being destroyed in an election for there handling of it.
It could be quite the opposite in Ireland though where the 2 "big" parties were hammered in the recent elections but there handling of this could lead to a surge in support in the next election.
It might not just be this though, it's a combination of the privatisation of the NHS, Brexit, austerity...I wouldn't count on it, there's still around 5 years until the next election and it would require Labour to actually be electable.
You would think that but we had 10 years of Tory shit and people gave them a landslide victory. Boris could probably shit into the mouths of every voter in the country and I'd still expect a close contest.It might not just be this though, it's a combination of the privatisation of the NHS, Brexit, austerity...
...surely people are going to have that 'hang on a minute' realisation if they handle this badly as well.
Always the opportunist.See Branson has his begging bowl out straight away asking the government for a huge bail out while putting his staff on 8 weeks unpaid leave.
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Indeed.You would think that but we had 10 years of Tory shit and people gave them a landslide victory. Boris could probably shit into the mouths of every voter in the country and I'd still expect a close contest.
Capitalism has failed the test big time twice in less than 10 years. The search for eternal economical growth will always end on fail because of snowball effects. The big corps are the exception that confirm the rule.And now, for the worst case scenario: more and more people will feel so alone that they'll start streaming live feeds on FB of them doing ridiculously mundane things.
- Pollution will fall drastically in the short term
- Countries and individuals will face the ethical dilemma of helping themselves or others
- Medicine ingredients will become much more expensive
- Sub-Saharan countries will suffer terribly
- China will strengthen
- Covid will mutate
- Unemployment will sky rocket
- Emerging currencies will crash
- Capitalism will be tested in many countries
- Coups
- Instability
- Anarchy
This.Still don't see it.
Unless it is the event that finally gets people in the West to steer away from divisive leaders, this may just make it worse.
It's already passed it tbh. We just don't know it yet cos of our Eurocentric media that still thinks Anglo-American Exceptionalism is still a thing.If China can continue to suppress the outbreak and it explodes uncontrollably in the US, China will surpass the United States as the world's foremost power within the next five years.
Why & how?Sub-Saharan countries will suffer terribly
Tbh, and I could be wrong here, hasn't this always been the case? Or at least since Clinton? Both Blue and Red are essentially the same in what their stated outcomes are, they just have slight differences in the way they go about them?There could be an actual realignment in US politics. Mitt Romney and Tom Cotton have called for major assistance including a 1k UBI (for US citizens), while Grover Norquist and a few others have told their party to not allow any welfare spending so that the incentive to work isn't removed. Basically the Republicans will be split between a kindof Nazbol faction led by Trump and the Koch faction of open borders and misery inside the borders.
The Democrats' response to the GOP possibly outflanking their House bill from the left? A $250/month UBI from Harris which does not apply to unemployed people (source). So with a veteran grand-bargainer at their head, the Dems could officially become the socially liberal and fiscally conservative party, and I don't think that has much of a base anywhere.
Yes, but the GOP was/is always on the right on economic issues - deeper tax cuts, deeper spending cuts, going from Romneycare to calling it Hitlerism.Tbh, and I could be wrong here, hasn't this always been the case? Or at least since Clinton? Both Blue and Red are essentially the same in what their stated outcomes are, they just have slight differences in the way they go about them?
Of course, notwithstanding the developments post- the Tea Party movement and its residual impacts which we can now see in the form of the GOP and Trump, which has obviously necessitated a similar reaction leftwards in the grass roots at least, of the Dems.
Winter + poverty + bad hygiene + dodgy hospitals + TB + Aids + Covid = sufferingWhy & how?
There could be an actual realignment in US politics. Mitt Romney and Tom Cotton have called for major assistance including a 1k UBI (for US citizens)
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So with a veteran grand-bargainer at their head, the Dems could officially become the socially liberal and fiscally conservative party, and I don't think that has much of a base anywhere.
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That's a large generalisation.Winter + poverty + bad hygiene + dodgy hospitals + TB + Aids + Covid = suffering
People look at Iran now, or Italy, etc... The big crisis is yet to come. And it'll center around Southern Africa.
Well, it hasn't. Not when the dollar is still the reserve currency of the world and the US stock markets are 50% of global market cap.It's already passed it tbh. We just don't know it yet cos of our Eurocentric media that still thinks Anglo-American Exceptionalism is still a thing.