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I Hate The Way This World Has Become

Taking a look at online media today felt like puking even more strongly than usual. People are infected with coronavirus by thousands, dying every day, but the headlines were telling about how stocks markets are plummeting.

I teach Econs at high school. I know how important economy is. But one of the things I tell my students is to pay attention to what Econs is about. It is about finding the most efficient way to allocate scarce resources to cover our material needs. But there is so much in our lives beyond that scheme.

We have affections, loyalties, feelings, values, instincts. There is biology, and religion, and blood, and culture. Economy is just a part of our lives. It is NOT life.

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novembermoon · 51-55

I know. It saddens me when I see people playing the stock market at times like this, and similarly when we see fights break out in supermarkets for toilet paper. It goes to show how selfish and totally ugly people are.

Cierzo · M

@novembermoon So true. Hard times take out our ugliest, most selfish side. But that ugly side is the true state of the societies we have built.

Sssslm · F

So much decisions made by the leaders are based on economy (or their own economic benefits) today rather than safety and human lives.

Cierzo · M

@Sssslm Yes, and if they are not based on economy, they are on ideology, crap anyway.

Sssslm · F

@Cierzo what we see here is that foreign countries and media might not report enough coverage of this chinese virus, perhaps for fear of ruining the business relationship with China despite risking the health and lives of their own people.

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