[armitron]

If you're not terrified at the Western response to the Coronavirus, you're not paying attention.

The low systemic risk events we are living through now, prove that the Emperor is naked. An event that produces moderate to serious systemic shocks would be our DOOM.

[naasking]

Regardless of how insufficient the response was, it was still far swifter and more effective than the response to the Spanish Flu. Also, the knock-on effects will influence significant changes for years come. We learn slowly, but we learn.

[armitron]

Who is we? The divided population that’s ready to ignite? The corporations that are ruining the planet? The politicians that are as effective as puppets? The billionaires that are stocking their bunker mansions? The onepercenters that are doing the same (minus extravagant luxury)?

The system is on a hairline trigger and the control room is empty.