05-09-2020, 02:00 PM
** 09-May-2020 World View: Covid-19 killing enough people
I see your point. If Covid kills enough people so that the entire
social structure has to be rebuilt from scratch in each country, then
that would be a "First Turning reset" in each country, and there
wouldn't be a war. However, I would think that Covid would have to
kill billions of people for something like that to happen.
(05-08-2020, 05:02 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: > But it's also true that the genocidal crisis war -- and its
> aftermath -- are very useful in killing off enough people, so that
> everyone else has enough to eat. Think of genocidal war as an act
> of kindness.
(05-08-2020, 07:24 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: > So if Covid-19 were to kill off enough people, it could replace a
> Crisis war?
I see your point. If Covid kills enough people so that the entire
social structure has to be rebuilt from scratch in each country, then
that would be a "First Turning reset" in each country, and there
wouldn't be a war. However, I would think that Covid would have to
kill billions of people for something like that to happen.