Funny how everyone, from right-wing nationalists to radical leftists, are using the corona crisis to push their political agendas. Greens, too. And even run-of-the-mill centrists (such as the Swedish Soc Dem gov) who simply want everyone to shut up and not rock the boat.
One thing stands out, though. Even the brave neo-liberals have completely shit in their pants and call for immediate government "stimulus" of the economy. Reminds me a bit of the last time they did it. Hmmm...wasn´t that the finance crisis of 2008?
Of course, they didn´t want to pay it with tax-hikes for the rich and the famous back then. Maybe this time? Note also all the proposals to increase unemployment benefits and so on! That´s a first coming from neo-libs.
I suppose this *does* make Bernie Sanders "unelectable". I mean, everyone else is stealing his program!
We are all socialists now.
I am of course a mixture of bourgeois and petty bourgeois socialist, using the definitions in the Communist Manifesto.
ReplyDeleteIn other words, Teddy Roosevelt.
Just a side point: some people of the QAnon persuasion (or similar) are hoping that Trump will declare martial law due to the corona virus outbreak...
ReplyDeleteThis isn´t the last pandemic. Fascinating (after a fashion) how fast the corona outbreak is changing the political landscape...
ReplyDeleteIf "stimulus" is suddenly possible in the event of a pandemic, how come it´s deemed off limits otherwise?
The red pills are being served, boys. Literally RED pills!
In other news, the radical Greens are welcome to post here and explain how we can stop pandemics if we don´t use fossil fuels and go back to, say, the living standards in Europe circa 1350?
ReplyDeleteÅterinför värnskatten eller håll käften. Just sayin´.
ReplyDeletePerhaps corona can give us "herd immunity" against neo-liberal globalism and pseudo-nationalism?
ReplyDeleteEven Amazon.com are socialists now:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.breitbart.com/health/2020/03/14/amazon-prohibits-man-from-selling-over-17k-bottles-of-hand-sanitizer/
TL;DR. Amazon stopped two guys from selling medical supplies dearly. But...but...I thought that was what capitalism was all about!
Libertarians must be really angry now.
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