Texas Govonor says elderly should be sacrificed for economy

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06 Apr 2020, 12:17 am

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Most Humans Are NOT Inherently Selfish

That is your opinion.
I don't share it. :mrgreen:

It really depends on your perspective.
I try to be more objective than subjective. :wink:

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06 Apr 2020, 4:27 am

I'm not elderly, but I am just as at risk due to lifelong respiratory issues. And I am all for everyone getting back to work ASAP. April 15th would be fine with me. Even April 1st would have been alright. I believe many elderly and other at risk people feel the same way. People need to be financially able too properly provide for their children.

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06 Apr 2020, 4:40 am

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Can't do that if you're dead.

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06 Apr 2020, 4:41 am

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Are you ready to die for it?

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06 Apr 2020, 5:30 am

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Are you ready to die for it?

Yep. I will not ask millions to give up so much for me.

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06 Apr 2020, 6:31 am

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Are you ready to die for it?

Yep. I will not ask millions to give up so much for me.

Good. And I am willing to go back to poverty and shortages to save lives.

But most of all, I am willing to adapt because I believe it's not the last pandemic in this half-century.

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06 Apr 2020, 6:44 am

Those who place the economy above dealing properly with the virus, are, to put it bluntly, members of the 'idiot squad' .

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06 Apr 2020, 6:47 am

Kraichgauer wrote:

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Can't do that if you're dead.

Oh please. It's not the black plague. It's not going to kill everyone. Millions of people die in car crashes in the US each year. Millions more lose limbs and or become paralyzed. So why not keep most people from driving?

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06 Apr 2020, 6:51 am

magz wrote:

EzraS wrote:

magz wrote:

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Are you ready to die for it?

Yep. I will not ask millions to give up so much for me.

Good. And I am willing to go back to poverty and shortages to save lives.

But most of all, I am willing to adapt because I believe it's not the last pandemic in this half-century.

So why not hault everything that costs lives? You do know that there are many preventable things that cost lives right? Why single out this one thing when it is down the list from so many other things that cost more lives?

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06 Apr 2020, 6:56 am

EzraS wrote:

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Are you ready to die for it?

Yep. I will not ask millions to give up so much for me.

Wot selfishness!
Think about your family.
How would they feel if you fell off the perch? :mrgreen:

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06 Apr 2020, 6:58 am

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Those who place the economy above dealing properly with the virus, are, to put it bluntly, members of the 'idiot squad' .

It doesn't have to be binary.
Both are important. :wink:

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06 Apr 2020, 7:02 am

EzraS wrote:

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Can't do that if you're dead.

There are lots of driving-related restrictions to minimize these numbers. Seat belts. Technical requirements to legalize vehicles. Child seats (something absent curing my childhood but mandatory now). Speed limits and all the complex rules of public road usage.

Likewise - halting all the economy for the corona is... it's even impossible. Introducing new restrictions because of a new danger can be adaptive. On the global level, even on the level of my small country, the economy can afford slowing down without anyone starving. Not stopping. Slowing down and readapting to new situation.

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06 Apr 2020, 7:03 am

Pepe wrote:

EzraS wrote:

magz wrote:

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Are you ready to die for it?

Yep. I will not ask millions to give up so much for me.

Wot selfishness!
Think about your family.
How would they feel if you fell off the perch? :mrgreen:

I am thinking about my extended family. That's the point. I know that it is a struggle for all my little cousins parents to provide for them under normal circumstances. Now their parents are unemployed. And may stay that way due to business going bankrupt.

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06 Apr 2020, 7:04 am

EzraS wrote:

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Can't do that if you're dead.

Extreme hyperbole alert!

However, :mrgreen:

I have considered this exact hypocrisy for much of my life.

If a life is priceless,
Then how does one justify the use of the automobile?
Clearly, the value has its limits. :wink:

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06 Apr 2020, 7:05 am

I would also like to know how I am supposed to carch this virus with everyone back to work, while I am in isolation.

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06 Apr 2020, 7:10 am

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Those who place the economy above dealing properly with the virus, are, to put it bluntly, members of the 'idiot squad' .

The economy is millions of poor people, working class, minorities etc having the means for food and shelter.

When the economy collapses those are the people who are going to get clobbered to a devastating degree.

How long do you think you will last if you end up on the street over it?

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