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Re:Americans are underestimating how long disruptions will l... by mnm1 on Friday April 03, 2020 @01:32PM (#22771909)
Of course there is. It's called the National Guard. It's called the US Army, Airforce, and Navy. It's called FEMA. I'm sure there are plenty of other centralized systems with tons of funding ready to do this on a moment's notice. What we don't have is leadership, with an idiot leading this country who said the pandemic is a "hoax."
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Re:Americans are underestimating how long disruptions will l... by notyourday on Friday April 03, 2020 @04:34PM (#22773688)
The optics of the National Guard (read: men with guns) delivering food for months in the entire United States would trigger a nearly immediate break down of economic ties both internally in the US and between the US and the rest of the world
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Re:Americans are underestimating how long disruptions will l... by vkou on Friday April 03, 2020 @06:19PM (#22774491)
What do you think FEMA does after a hurricane?
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Re:Americans are underestimating how long disruptions will l... by notyourday on Friday April 03, 2020 @08:44PM (#22775269)
Difference is the orders of magnitude
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