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Re:Coronavirus Could Push More Than 1B People to Extreme Pov... by ehejsbbejsk on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @07:54PM (#25353876)
The only reason why people in tech still have jobs (and why SV hasn’t blown up) is because the c-suite is getting rich off of stock market. When that party ends (likely in February/March timeframe), there will be a depression and civil unrest.
Re:Coronavirus Could Push More Than 1B People to Extreme Pov... by cmdshiftf4 on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @07:58PM (#25353920)
>When that party ends (likely in February/March timeframe), there will be a depression and civil unrest.

Substantiate this, please.

Re:Coronavirus Could Push More Than 1B People to Extreme Pov... by ehejsbbejsk on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @08:04PM (#25353983)
We’ve already had civil unrests this year in the middle of a pandemic. When people start getting laid off it’s going to add fuel to that fire. Government has already blown its load in terms of monetary and fiscal options. I especially fear for what could go down in EU. They cannot sustain another debt crisis. We are ripe for a rapidly deteriorating global financial crisis.
Re:Coronavirus Could Push More Than 1B People to Extreme Pov... by cmdshiftf4 on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @10:31PM (#25355005)
Interesting. I'm not sure I agree and for one reason: the Western governments have essentially shown throughout the past couple of decades, and especially in the past year, that they will do almost anything to keep the rich getting richer.

They're 100% not going to allow class consciousness to form again, as we saw the beginnings of in the Occupy Wall Street era, so there's some risk of them manufacturing further racial grief to keep the plebs at one another's necks but the can't let that escalate to the point where it'd threaten the bottom line either.

So much easier to maintain the strategy of demoralization, distraction and vapid consumerism.

Re:Coronavirus Could Push More Than 1B People to Extreme Pov... by outworlder on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @08:22PM (#25354155)
> is because the c-suite is getting rich off of stock market.

> When that party ends (likely in February/March timeframe)

Well, if you are so confident, you could get rich too. Buy some puts or short stock then.

The reason people in tech still have jobs is that _we can work from home_. As long as work is getting done and stuff is getting shipped, companies are fine. The only that are hurting are the ones where you need people together in some capacity.

Stock market speculation is not even a variable here. Sure it helps their portfolio, but that has little bearing on whether or not we still have jobs.

Re:Coronavirus Could Push More Than 1B People to Extreme Pov... by umvi on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @07:55PM (#25353884)
So are you saying I should sell all my stock right now?
Re:Coronavirus Could Push More Than 1B People to Extreme Pov... by outworlder on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @08:24PM (#25354175)
The music hasn't stopped yet. But pay close attention to the DJ.
Re:Coronavirus Could Push More Than 1B People to Extreme Pov... by wetpaws on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @07:56PM (#25353898)
societal collapse priced in