
Originally Posted by
XnavyHMCS
Yeah, I concur.
It is going to be a hard row to hoe; a long, hard row, for that matter.
Economically we were on the cusp of continued growth, prosperity and cooperation, and we let it slip away.
Personally, my small business (English language school) fucking tanked. This bullshit C. virus wiped me out, for the moment. Every last one of my companies which I had contracts with, cancelled classes for their employees (primarily American aerospace firms with branches out here -here is where some of the American jobs have gone to, where labor is cheaper, fucking greedy owners- Tech firms and other companies); I went from hero to zero in a matter of a week or two... Companies that are working are obliged by law to practice this bullshit "social distancing" so this has had an enormous impact on everyone...
WTF...???
I don't see it getting better too quickly either, and I am for the most part a positive thinker... Now I guess I am being more pragmatic...
But, the rich, or somebody, is going to profit from all of this. Perhaps through their wanton destruction of the little guy/s (me...), and a forthcoming consolidation of the markets which are being devastated by the world's reaction to the virus... Who knows. But somebody is going to profit, turn a buck off these events; they always do.