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The usual doom and gloom of TABS is the only predictable aspect of this scenario. I don't know if any of his reasoning uses analogy or just pessimism but I believe that both of those positions create blind spots and are more than a little prone to defeatism.
We all know that each disaster, emergency or epidemic takes place in its own context. The state of our nation in every case 1918, 1958 and so on played a role in exacerbating or mitigating the lasting impact of the event.
Our economy recovered back then and several times more since. Our economy and society will still exist on the other side of this crisis. Changed yes, but no one can know what the future will look like by looking backwards.
I choose to look for the sunrise, not the sunset.
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Si non potes inimicum tuum vincere, habeas eum amicum and ride a big blue trike.
"'Bipartisan' usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out."
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