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Old 03-25-2020, 08:12 AM
 
Location: East Coast of the United States
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I believe that the most severe economic crisis this country has ever seen is upon us, and I'm worried about how our society will deal with it.
It is not going to happen.

Try as they might, China is not going to destroy the United States economy.
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Old 03-25-2020, 08:19 AM
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I just got 300 acres of land in an unincorporated territory. No property taxes!
We'll live in the RV while I build our house.
The world as you people knew it is over. Good luck. You will need it.
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Old 03-25-2020, 08:21 AM
 
Location: Boston
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I'm doing great, must suck for those who could have saved for their future and didn't.
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Old 03-25-2020, 08:26 AM
 
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More civilized in the 1930s? Google “Lynching.”
Yes, by all means Goggle "lynching." A good place to start is the archive at Tuskegee Institute, according to which there were 128 lynchings in the entirety of the United States from 1930-1939 (cumulative total).

Then Google the homicide numbers for the single city of Baltimore for the single year 2019 -- which recorded 348 killings, mostly black-on-black crimes.

So yes, by this measure, the 1930s were far more civilized than today. Lynchings were a nit by comparison.
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Old 03-25-2020, 08:39 AM
 
Location: Nowhere
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Yes, by all means Goggle "lynching." A good place to start is the archive at Tuskegee Institute, according to which there were 128 lynchings in the entirety of the United States from 1930-1939 (cumulative total).

Then Google the homicide numbers for the single city of Baltimore for the single year 2019 -- which recorded 348 killings, mostly black-on-black crimes.

So yes, by this measure, the 1930s were far more civilized than today. Lynchings were a nit by comparison.
Exactly. Not to mention black-on-white homicides and rapes today make the lynching era look like childsplay.
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Old 03-25-2020, 08:40 AM
 
Location: Oklahoma
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Want to take any bets on how quickly the death toll from the virus will be surpassed by the suicide toll of those who have lost everything in the financial crisis?
Why would people want to kill themselves over a silly 'ole "Democrat hoax"?

Besides, Trump is gonna open this puppy up at Easter and everybody is gonna be ok financially but..... WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!:eek:

Doomsday scenarios are ridiculous from both sides.
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Old 03-25-2020, 08:47 AM
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Location: On the Border
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We're not nearly as divided as fox news, MSNBC and Putin would like you to believe.
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Old 03-25-2020, 08:58 AM
 
Location: Nowhere
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We're not nearly as divided as fox news, MSNBC and Putin would like you to believe.
You might be correct. But when the vocal/powerful of the Democratic party are openly embracing Nazism ("whites shouldn't lead us") then that's a real problem.


I just hope enough of my fellows wake up to this threat...before it's too late.
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Old 03-25-2020, 08:59 AM
 
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I was hoping for a brief moment that we could get back to that WWII spirit, and the laid off restaurant workers could just shift to Amazon or grocery jobs for awhile, businesses would be glad to ramp up and start cranking out ventilators and medical supplies. We’d have a common purpose again.

I don’t think we could do that though, I think we’re too far gone. We’re so poisoned by division and complacency we just couldn’t do it.
What's strange for me is that so many will whine about policy which has led to America's decline - both from repub and Dem, cons and libs - the truth is that no one is truly concerned about policy as much as they are about defending "their guy" to put upon a pedestal. This is about worshipping someone, both libs and cons. Nothing else matters.

Furthermore, why are folks so hell bent on getting "back to work" when they are working from home? This further proves that people just want to spend more of their time showing off over doing actual work.
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Old 03-25-2020, 09:02 AM
 
Location: Minnysoda
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I just got 300 acres of land in an unincorporated territory. No property taxes!
We'll live in the RV while I build our house.
The world as you people knew it is over. Good luck. You will need it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syV2LkGpQB0
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