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Never The Same Again.
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I think that eventually the Covid 19 pandemic will be over. But the aftermath will leave us entirely trsnsformed as a society.
Maybe, just maybe, the masses will begin to realise what is, and what is not important.
Selfies, fashion, consumption etc.
Maybe, with some hope, a new realism, a new humanity will emerge, to cope with the new emerging world, of financial crashes, financial insecurity, and a sudden realisation that what has hitherto been reliable is nothing more than a house built on sand.
Mankind is always desperate for a quick fix, and the banks and corporations are always desperate to squeeze the last penny out of the last man standing.
So, something to think about, unless you have faith in the stupidity of humanity.
Maybe, just maybe, the masses will begin to realise what is, and what is not important.
Selfies, fashion, consumption etc.
Maybe, with some hope, a new realism, a new humanity will emerge, to cope with the new emerging world, of financial crashes, financial insecurity, and a sudden realisation that what has hitherto been reliable is nothing more than a house built on sand.
Mankind is always desperate for a quick fix, and the banks and corporations are always desperate to squeeze the last penny out of the last man standing.
So, something to think about, unless you have faith in the stupidity of humanity.
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On the blame issue, I do get annoyed when journalists use the daily Covid briefings to ask questions like "do you now regret reducing the number of hospital beds last year and why didn't you start testing in January or close all pubs in February ". All fair questions for after the emergency has calmed down- I'm sure there will be a full enquiry afterwards- but the briefings and questions should be constructive to help answer inform us about how to reduce infection risk and improve things going forwards as well as being a chance to question current plans not past ones.
I would hazard a guess that whether we are a changed people or not relies quite heavily on just how many of the population have been heavily affected - directly or indirectly - by the virus. And by that, I don't mean the lockdown. I mean the loss or near loss of loved ones. The feeling of total helplessness as family members and friends pass away or barely cling to life because of Covid19. Some of those totally unaffected may think, "There but for the grace of whoever...……" but many will just carry on breezing through life, behaving just as they did beforehand.
Things wont change very much after this is over, the world will still be a selfish place. The myriad of religions will continue to denounce each other as well as atheists, the bankers and financialists will continue to make money at the expense of the poor and the majority of people will eventually revert to how they used to live. If anything was to have changed for the better it would have been after the second world war but it didn't happen. We virtually went from a hot war to a cold one almost immediately, we didn't learn from our mistakes then, what makes you think we will learn anything from this event?
The debt bubble was a growing unsustainable problem before Covid 19, now the world economy is in tatters and a worldwide devaluation looks likely.
A depression worse than 1929 in my opinion.
This in turn may lead to conflicts throughout the world.
Totally unpredictable chaos and another pandemic always possible.
A depression worse than 1929 in my opinion.
This in turn may lead to conflicts throughout the world.
Totally unpredictable chaos and another pandemic always possible.
Never changed like that before: no reason to believe it will now. Upbringing and taught values produce society, even if minor differences occur each generation. (Plus youthful naivety jumping on new things I suppose.) Incidents like this are just endured for the duration as an interruption to normal life.
