COVID-19 Where is it leading?

As usual, however, the true cost will be borne by the poorest and weakest. People with less access to health care, or who live in more disease-prone areas, will now also be more frequently shut out of places and opportunities open to everyone else.

Revolution needs two thing:
Someone with a vision (of whatever sort - good or bad)
People to support them

If the military aren't on side, then the revolutionary needs disgruntled masses, something far easier to find if they're hungry and have little hope.
The desperate will grasp at straws, and that's dangerous to all.

Philippine Destiny wrote:

Watch. Just like after 911 when everyone thought everything would go back to normal. It never did.

Only because politicians used it as an excuse to attack a couple of countries and restrict their own citizens. This is unlikely to lead to anyone attacking other countries, but, if the situation in any given country gets really bad, might lead to uprisings.

Philippine Destiny wrote:

it ain't 1666

that was a one off

If you discount the 30 or 40 other massive city destroying fires, yes.

Of course they will be changes, especially to working environments, but a lot will return to normality sooner or later.
That changes when politicians stick their idiotic noses into a situation, something we've already seen in a good few countries since the start of this outbreak.
At least my son can never become a politician - His mummy and I are married.
(One for L - He knows who he is )

Fred wrote:

Only because politicians used it as an excuse to attack a couple of countries and restrict their own citizens.

politicians are not in control

Fred wrote:

This is unlikely to lead to anyone attacking other countries, but, if the situation in any given country gets really bad, might lead to uprisings.

This is about managing populations not war.

The devil's in the details.

Philippine Destiny wrote:

Fred wrote:

Only because politicians used it as an excuse to attack a couple of countries and restrict their own citizens.

politicians are not in control

I think they are, until someone tells them otherwise.

Fred wrote:

This is unlikely to lead to anyone attacking other countries, but, if the situation in any given country gets really bad, might lead to uprisings.

This is about managing populations not war.

The devil's in the details.

Unless hungry populations decide change is required, but that needs a leader. The will of hungry sheep is easily managed when a wolf comes along with big promises.

Fred wrote:

Philippine Destiny wrote:

Fred wrote:

Only because politicians used it as an excuse to attack a couple of countries and restrict their own citizens.

politicians are not in control

I think they are, until someone tells them otherwise.

Fred wrote:

This is unlikely to lead to anyone attacking other countries, but, if the situation in any given country gets really bad, might lead to uprisings.

This is about managing populations not war.

The devil's in the details.

Unless hungry populations decide change is required, but that needs a leader. The will of hungry sheep is easily managed when a wolf comes along with big promises.

Lots of ways to deal with that. And we should know who provides the leaders? The demagogues? Like Mr Trump, Mr Obama, Mr H, Mr L.

manwonder wrote:

Maybe its finally time to implement the AI/robots tech to do all the work/thinking that the human race once did, so we can all happily move back to our caves/gardens/fields from where we first came from, and wait in line (1metre apart/social distance) for handouts/food stamps & offcourse our regular dosage of blue pills!

No need for AI. Just transform humans into NPCs. Almost there.

Behavioral psychology exists because the above is true.

lasvegan wrote:

Anyone mention DARPA
Just thinking

gina?