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Originally Posted by FAX
This is an intelligent post from an intelligent Planeteer.
Mr. DJ's left nut is right to compare this situation to war. When we were "really" at war (not counting "military actions", but real, actual, honest-to-goodness, declared war), the country rallied. Let's think WWII ...
Citizens sacrificed time and material goods and comfort. Celebrities raised morale and hope. Women worked their asses off making airplanes and bombs and tires. Prices and wages were temporarily controlled. Fuel was rationed and driving was curtailed. Nursing became an attractive occupation.
I could go on and on.
Although I don't expect all those things to happen quickly (or probably ever), some of them will.
What didn't happen was that few people sabotaged others for sheer, brazen profit. The stock market was extremely volatile (as could be well expected), but price gouging wasn't "normal" or acceptable and those that attempted it were treated harshly. Landlords and lenders held a lot of paper during that time because the alternative was worse for everyone and they recognized that fact. In summary, we could expect rational people to behave rationally.
My hope is that sanity will prevail and we get our sh*t together for the common good.
PS: If our fabulously talented mods feel this post is overly "political", let me know and I'll happily delete.
FAX
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The difference being, of course, we can't see this enemy. It isn't malicious. You can't shoot it, or bomb it. All you can do is try to do what you can not to get it. I think that's hard for some people. Perhaps many people.