06-03-2020, 01:13 PM
** 02-Jun-2020 World View: Race Riot Crisis and Coronavirus Crisis
People who are predicting a huge uprising or a civil war either
have an agenda or are being too caught up in the moment. The chances
are the the riot crisis will be mostly over within a month.
At the end of this year, when reporters do retrospectives, I would
expect China, coronavirus, and the economy to be considered more
important stories than the race riots.
However, the Race Riot Crisis has had an interesting effect on
the Coronavirus Crisis. As usual, the common core of all media
reports has been to blame Trump. So before last week, the media
were blaming Trump for calling for the end of lockdowns too early,
thus putting people's health in danger.
However, that's all changed with the Race Riot Crisis. As usual, the
media are blaming the race riots on Trump, but it's quickly becoming
more acceptable to end the lockdowns, for three reasons. First, time
has passed, and some lockdowns were going to end anyway. Secondly,
it's become clear that the lockdowns are hitting minority-owned
businesses the hardest, and many businesses that were expected to
reopen soon are now destroyed by the race riots, and this has hurt
blacks and other minorities the worst. And third, if mass protests
are going on, then certainly other activities can also go on, and
a lockdown doesn't make sense.
However, there may be a new surge in coronavirus cases in the next
couple of weeks as a result of the riots and the easing of the lockdowns.
The race riots have had another consequence. The Chinese are really
gloating about the riots, and are claiming that the Americans are
hypocrites for criticizing the CCP policies in Hong Kong, claiming
that American policies in dealing with riots are the same.
Of greater concern is the fear that China may use the American race
riots to justify military action in Hong Kong or Taiwan.
mooreupp Wrote:> Fair enough. I just can't help but look around the country
> anymore and be scared we look a little too like other countries
> we've seen erupt into neighbor vs. neighbor fighting. You factor
> in an economic collapse and I see the recipe in place for things
> to get very very ugly.
> Some of this makes me wonder about the importance of timing of
> events. If we'd had a crisis war on the early edge of when it was
> possible, it certainly would have been a major external
> war. Potentially delaying a depression (as they managed to do in
> 2008) and likely an eventual crisis war, may have been the worst
> thing that could have happened.
People who are predicting a huge uprising or a civil war either
have an agenda or are being too caught up in the moment. The chances
are the the riot crisis will be mostly over within a month.
At the end of this year, when reporters do retrospectives, I would
expect China, coronavirus, and the economy to be considered more
important stories than the race riots.
However, the Race Riot Crisis has had an interesting effect on
the Coronavirus Crisis. As usual, the common core of all media
reports has been to blame Trump. So before last week, the media
were blaming Trump for calling for the end of lockdowns too early,
thus putting people's health in danger.
However, that's all changed with the Race Riot Crisis. As usual, the
media are blaming the race riots on Trump, but it's quickly becoming
more acceptable to end the lockdowns, for three reasons. First, time
has passed, and some lockdowns were going to end anyway. Secondly,
it's become clear that the lockdowns are hitting minority-owned
businesses the hardest, and many businesses that were expected to
reopen soon are now destroyed by the race riots, and this has hurt
blacks and other minorities the worst. And third, if mass protests
are going on, then certainly other activities can also go on, and
a lockdown doesn't make sense.
However, there may be a new surge in coronavirus cases in the next
couple of weeks as a result of the riots and the easing of the lockdowns.
The race riots have had another consequence. The Chinese are really
gloating about the riots, and are claiming that the Americans are
hypocrites for criticizing the CCP policies in Hong Kong, claiming
that American policies in dealing with riots are the same.
Of greater concern is the fear that China may use the American race
riots to justify military action in Hong Kong or Taiwan.
