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> Wanting to see the economy fail to punish rich people and corporations.

does anyone really believe that a failing economy will hurt rich people and corporations more relative to... literally anyone else? i would expect the exact opposite, e.g. https://pomp.substack.com/p/the-k-shaped-recovery-is-now-und...

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No, it's quite obvious that lockdown would disproportionality impact middle and lower income families. Not to mention that implementing such a spite-based policy would require a massive conspiracy that crossed state boundaries and political ideology, and many of the policymakers themselves would be among the elite that were supposedly targeted.

To quote the op: "I think we’ve effectively lost our minds on covid."

>Not to mention that implementing such a spite-based policy would require a massive conspiracy that crossed state boundaries and political ideology, and many of the policymakers themselves would be among the elite that were supposedly targeted

I think this spite based ideology and policy already exists. It started when we changed goals from economic prosperity to economic equality.

Once the public believes that they don't and haven't benefited from the overall economy, there is no reason to keep it healthy.

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