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Re:Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to colle... by revnode on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @10:38PM (#23766397)
> These are all problems caused by the economic system.

What problems? There are no major structural problems yet. There will be major structural problems if OP's ideas are implemented because they're not sound. That's not related to the economic system, that's related to OP's ideas.

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Re:Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to colle... by CaptainZapp on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @12:57AM (#23767011)
> What problems? There are no major structural problems yet.

I'd argue that a 40% jobless rate is a major structural problem.

The real shame about this is that it's absolutely avoidable to a big degree.

At a cost? Sure, but I'd argue that it's exactly this, which a civilized society makes.

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Re:Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to colle... by revnode on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @11:00AM (#23770524)
> I'd argue that a 40% jobless rate is a major structural problem.

In what country? In the US, the unemployment rate is 11.1% right now?

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