[baron_harkonnen]

> Keep calm and carry on

You know that that meme originated from a campaign designed by the British government for motivation in the face of mass bombing anticipated in England before the onset of WWII right? I think saying that "this won't be any worse than being bombed by nazis" is not a particularly motivated slogan.

> a flu won't cause it to fall apart this century either.

If you think this is just a freak thing that is happening, som e flu what will pass, then you don't understand what is happening. What we're seeing is the way this pandemic is exposing vulnerabilities in our global capitalist system.

And finally, plenty of societies of collapse in those time periods. Of course humans and societies continue to exist, but there are more an enough examples of societies that have ceases to exist and the transition is a painful process.

[ubercow13]

It's actually way more ironic than that. It's traced back to the public stance of the British government during the spanish flu pandemic in WW1, where they decided that keeping the economy going was more important than trying to slow the spread of the flu.

"According to Dr Honigsbaum, the “carry on” advice may well have been responsible for thousands of the 250,000 Britons who ultimately died in the Spanish flu pandemic."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/coronavirus-...

[airstrike]

The irony is almost palpable! Thank you for sharing this.