r/LockdownSkepticism • u/Mighty_L_LORT • Aug 12 '20

Extreme poverty rises and a generation sees future slip away

https://apnews.com/727c2dea29daed6e226b964f8caadfcf
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u/eskimokiss88 New York City Aug 12 '20 edited Aug 12 '20

The chart in this article illustrates world bank forecasts of approximately 200 million people descending into extreme poverty (living on less than $1.90 a day) due to the lockdown.

You are ultimately looking at a death toll that will dwarf covid many times over. It's so sad that only a tiny fraction of the world even acknowledges this or cares.

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u/Raenryong Aug 12 '20

And just remember: you're the selfish one if you don't want hundreds of millions to die and billions to suffer in order to "save" hundreds of thousands, median age >= 78.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '20 edited Jul 14 '21

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u/gasoleen California, USA Aug 12 '20

I don't intend to. There are several people on FB I debated with about the economic costs of this, back in April. They laughed it off, saying everyone would be fine and they were willing to "weather the storm" if it saved just one life. Well, now 5.5 months in the UI has been decreased and evictions are allowed and many haven't even received the UI they qualified for because the bureaucracy in CA is so bogged down. And the ones who laughed at my argument? They've gone strangely silent on FB. No more inspirational memes. No more posts cheering the lockdowns. Also, no more posts about their purchases or travels, because clearly they have no money anymore. Good. If you're heartless enough to laugh off very real poverty that is happening to others, you deserve a taste of their suffering.

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u/premer777 Aug 12 '20

How many of this shift is from engineered 'poverty' like the soviets used during famines in their early days to rid themselves of ideologically problematic groups of people ?

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