From: wgreenhouse@tilde.club   
      
   New York Libertarians  writes:   
      
   > Capitalism didn’t shut down the economy. Gov did. Capitalism can’t   
   > profit when the economy is shut down. So the connection you make &   
   > conclusion you draw makes no sense to me. How does it make sense to   
   > you?   
      
   I assume from your name and your timezone that you live in the US. The   
   US did not actually have a shutdown. If it had (and not a piecemeal of   
   mostly unenforceable state-by-state policies), the US likely would have   
   had a reopening by now, as many other rich countries were able to   
   have. "The economy" remains closed because workers don't feel safe   
   working and consumers don't feel safe visiting businesses. There is a   
   lack of public confidence and people don't feel safe, because they   
   shouldn't.   
      
   Compare with the situation in Denmark, where there was actually a   
   national lockdown and as a result businesses are now able to reopen   
   safely. Or similarly in New Zealand.   
      
   There was an alternative to this: a real national policy, including   
   robust protections for furloughed workers, and real moratoria on   
   evictions and foreclosures (with actual rent/mortgage relief, so that   
   people don't reach the end of the moratoria with a huge lump payment   
   owed).   
      
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