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kpete

(71,994 posts) Tue Mar 24, 2020, 08:37 AM Mar 2020

Not an exaggeration

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Not an exaggeration (Original Post) kpete Mar 2020 OP

Profits before people. sop Mar 2020 #1

Market over society malaise Mar 2020 #4

We have the video to prove it. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #2

and it appears since it is a disease that whole pro life thing doesn't apply. Thomas Hurt Mar 2020 #3

+1 2naSalit Mar 2020 #5

sop

(10,191 posts)

1. Profits before people.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2020, 08:52 AM

Mar 2020

They've applied this guiding principle to every single aspect of our lives, from climate change to health care to the social safety net. They get away with it because the cause-and-effect is usually delayed and unclear, but this pandemic presents such stark choices, people may finally understand, and react.