Posted on Mar 31, 2020
In what ways has this pandemic turned the United States into a Socialist/Communist functioning government?
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I am following the updates put out by POTUS and the Governor of North Carolina. Laws and directives have been enacted that make corporations produce products that are not their profit brand, curfews and stay-at homes policies have been put in place, evictions and cut-offs have been lawful stopped, citizens are restricted to how much they can purchase, the National Guards have been activated, certain types of businesses have been designated as "essential", certain types of businesses have been ordered to cease ooerations. It would seem that Capitalism has been suspended in the United States. The Green New Deal and Socialism have taken front row, at least temporarily.
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PO3 Phyllis Maynard
CW2 (Join to see) yes this is emergency Management. But you don't see aspects of this framed Emergency Management mimicking Socialism/Communism by dictionary definition?
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No, I see it as very standard procedure for pandemic action, almost like they took it from a textbook. They are doing what they can to keep as many freedoms available while taking action to minimize transmission of a virus. If they wanted it to be taken care of very quickly they'd suspend everything for 3 weeks and boom problem solved. But this is America and we only want to do the minimum necessary to restore the status quo, which is also why things are left to state and municipal governments so much and the federal is just supporting and stepping in as needed, as with the DPA. Those with the ability to act are being made to act. Do we need 1000 new Chevy Volts right now? No, but we need masks.
It is the people whining about their freedoms right now why the virus is still spreading. If people would just shut up and take their staycation seriously we'd already be out of it, but no, people want to go walk, and talk, and eat out, and drink as bars, and act like they are actually important.
It is the people whining about their freedoms right now why the virus is still spreading. If people would just shut up and take their staycation seriously we'd already be out of it, but no, people want to go walk, and talk, and eat out, and drink as bars, and act like they are actually important.
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They could have done this and been more like the left, which is the more communist/socialist side of things.
A similar declaration called the National Emergencies Act, which more broadly defines an emergency and gives the president more powers like the ability to take control of the internet, was used instead of the Stafford Act by President Barack Obama in response to the H1N1 influenza pandemic in 2009.
A similar declaration called the National Emergencies Act, which more broadly defines an emergency and gives the president more powers like the ability to take control of the internet, was used instead of the Stafford Act by President Barack Obama in response to the H1N1 influenza pandemic in 2009.
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And let us pray it is only temporary PO3 Phyllis Maynard
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PO3 Phyllis Maynard
Yes, Lt Col Charlie Brown let us pray and hope this crises is temporary and the lesson we need to learn is embraced.
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PO3 Phyllis Maynard
MSG Francisco Ojeda I (me personally) see the warnings given to Pharoah by Jehovah, today. Pharoah spurned the Voice of Jehovah and tried to show Jehovah he was the Sovereign over Israel. He watched his army perish and his mortality as man and not a god placed in his lap. We need to pray to and obey Jehovah.
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More like a wartime mobilization.
We have a problem set that scales well beyond standard domestic capacity. Not only that, but the worlds supply is taxed beyond capacity because the virus is everywhere. Some businesses saw an opportunity to help, and willfully converted their operations - like distilleries making hand sanitizer. Others required the President to order them to change production to other things in order to maximize capacity - like GM making ventilators. Believe me, they are having no difficulty profiting from the arrangement.
But the truth is that there simply isn't enough of certain items, and that gap had to be filled through industry and know-how. It is very much akin to tractor plants in the 40s making tanks or Ford making warplanes.
I have reservations, big ones, about some of the measures taken. But mostly I feel like we aren't doing enough to get in front of this, not too much.
We have a problem set that scales well beyond standard domestic capacity. Not only that, but the worlds supply is taxed beyond capacity because the virus is everywhere. Some businesses saw an opportunity to help, and willfully converted their operations - like distilleries making hand sanitizer. Others required the President to order them to change production to other things in order to maximize capacity - like GM making ventilators. Believe me, they are having no difficulty profiting from the arrangement.
But the truth is that there simply isn't enough of certain items, and that gap had to be filled through industry and know-how. It is very much akin to tractor plants in the 40s making tanks or Ford making warplanes.
I have reservations, big ones, about some of the measures taken. But mostly I feel like we aren't doing enough to get in front of this, not too much.
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PO3 Phyllis Maynard
1SG (Join to see) desparate times call for desparate measures. Until a thing happens, one cannot know what action is necessary until the decisions have to be made. We aren't doing enough because this thing is over running HUMAN capacity and intellect.
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