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Postby Rojava Free State » Sun May 03, 2020 12:22 pm

502 pages lmao.
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Postby Estanglia » Sun May 03, 2020 12:23 pm

Rojava Free State wrote:502 pages lmao.


It's appropriately ironic that this starts page 503.
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Postby The Black Forrest » Sun May 03, 2020 12:28 pm

Greater vakolicci haven wrote:
Fartsniffage wrote:
Some business costs are static. Rent, insurance, business rates, power bills, etc. Some of these can be helped by government intervention but not all.

And if the large-scale corporate landlords go bust, it will be bad for a lot of businesses.


Banks are willing to talk to a large-scale landlord.

Even then if business is mandated to be shutdown. Banks can be mandated to stop collecting bills for the pandemic. Leave the interest and a “reasonable” fee.
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Postby Theodosiya » Sun May 03, 2020 12:29 pm

viewtopic.php?f=20&t=484632&start=25

Please stop posting here and go to the IV thread. Thank you.
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Postby The New California Republic » Sun May 03, 2020 12:30 pm

Theodosiya wrote:https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=484632&start=25

Please stop posting here and go to the IV thread. Thank you.

People know. A Mod will be along shortly to lock this, so don't worry about it.
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Postby Liriena » Sun May 03, 2020 12:32 pm

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some dreary socialist shit based on the dignity of labor, fine lets go with that and ignore that most low skilled laborers hate their jobs and only do them because they have to. UBI would be out of the question of course, can't free the workers or else there would be no working class to power your stupid unnecessary revolution, right? Socialism requires wage slaves.

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Postby The Black Forrest » Sun May 03, 2020 12:33 pm

Theodosiya wrote:https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=484632&start=25

Please stop posting here and go to the IV thread. Thank you.


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Postby Ifreann » Sun May 03, 2020 12:35 pm

San Lumen wrote:
Ifreann wrote:If they're only operating at 25% capacity then they only need ~25% of their usual stock.

And they won’t make enough money to pay their bills

Their bills can be reduced or waived. You act like it's impossible, but lots of countries are already helping businesses stay afloat. It can be done, and is being done, no matter how badly you want to believe it's impossible.


This is where you say something stupid about $300 bread.


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Nobel Hobos 2 wrote:
some dreary socialist shit based on the dignity of labor, fine lets go with that and ignore that most low skilled laborers hate their jobs and only do them because they have to. UBI would be out of the question of course, can't free the workers or else there would be no working class to power your stupid unnecessary revolution, right? Socialism requires wage slaves.

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Postby Rojava Free State » Sun May 03, 2020 12:45 pm

America could use some socialism/social democracy right now.
Rojava Free State wrote:Listen yall. I'm only gonna say it once but I want you to remember it. This ain't a world fit for good men. It seems like you gotta be monstrous just to make it. Gotta have a little bit of darkness within you just to survive. You gotta stoop low everyday it seems like. Stoop all the way down to the devil in these times. And then one day you look in the mirror and you realize that you ain't you anymore. You're just another monster, and thanks to your actions, someone else will eventually become as warped and twisted as you. Never forget that the best of us are just the best of a bad lot. Being at the top of a pile of feces doesn't make you anything but shit like the rest. Never forget that.

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Postby -Astoria » Sun May 03, 2020 1:14 pm

Rojava Free State wrote:America could use some socialism/social democracy right now.

This, but unironically.

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Postby Rojava Free State » Sun May 03, 2020 1:47 pm

-Astoria wrote:
Rojava Free State wrote:America could use some socialism/social democracy right now.

This, but unironically.


It wasn't meant as a joke. I'm serious.
Rojava Free State wrote:Listen yall. I'm only gonna say it once but I want you to remember it. This ain't a world fit for good men. It seems like you gotta be monstrous just to make it. Gotta have a little bit of darkness within you just to survive. You gotta stoop low everyday it seems like. Stoop all the way down to the devil in these times. And then one day you look in the mirror and you realize that you ain't you anymore. You're just another monster, and thanks to your actions, someone else will eventually become as warped and twisted as you. Never forget that the best of us are just the best of a bad lot. Being at the top of a pile of feces doesn't make you anything but shit like the rest. Never forget that.

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Postby -Astoria » Sun May 03, 2020 1:53 pm

Rojava Free State wrote:
-Astoria wrote:This, but unironically.


It wasn't meant as a joke. I'm serious.

Alright - but still, you know?

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Postby UniversalCommons » Sun May 03, 2020 3:57 pm

Blaming China or Russia or North Korea doesn't stop the virus. When the cards are down and the virus is stopped we can blame anyone we want and make them pay. Right now, the job is to stop the virus. We need some better answers from China and other places where there is a lower rate of infection. I don't think we are getting the complete picture of how to fight the virus. I think there is so much politics that a cure and management are far off.

I think China is hiding some things about how the virus originated. These may be critical things about how the virus is treated. If it already was in a lab, there were probably already some protocols on how to handle it. We need to see how they got to zero in Wuhan and all the medical practices involved.

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Postby Greater Miami Shores » Sun May 03, 2020 4:16 pm

I think the only way to gradually start reopening the economy is by requiring all workers and customers to wash their hands, wear masks and follow social distancing rules until further notice, like I think and hope many Governors are doing.
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Postby Zurkerx » Sun May 03, 2020 4:28 pm

Agarntrop wrote:https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=484658&p=37060781#p37060781


One already exists: viewtopic.php?f=20&t=484632&start=25

And seeing we're over the page limit, I #ilock now. We can't let the umm, super virus get out now.
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Postby Zeritae » Sun May 03, 2020 4:31 pm

Zurkerx wrote:
Agarntrop wrote:https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=484658&p=37060781#p37060781


One already exists: viewtopic.php?f=20&t=484632&start=25

And seeing we're over the page limit, I #ilock now. We can't let the umm, super virus get out now.

You might want to lock the thread...
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Zurkerx wrote:
Agarntrop wrote:snip

One already exists: viewtopic.php?f=20&t=484632&start=25

And seeing we're over the page limit, I #ilock now. We can't let the umm, super virus get out now.
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Postby LiberNovusAmericae » Sun May 03, 2020 5:01 pm

Theodosiya wrote:https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=484632&start=25

Please stop posting here and go to the IV thread. Thank you.

Sorry, but this is the official topic until its locked.

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Postby Rojava Free State » Sun May 03, 2020 5:17 pm

*sees thread that still isn't locked* It's free real estate.
Rojava Free State wrote:Listen yall. I'm only gonna say it once but I want you to remember it. This ain't a world fit for good men. It seems like you gotta be monstrous just to make it. Gotta have a little bit of darkness within you just to survive. You gotta stoop low everyday it seems like. Stoop all the way down to the devil in these times. And then one day you look in the mirror and you realize that you ain't you anymore. You're just another monster, and thanks to your actions, someone else will eventually become as warped and twisted as you. Never forget that the best of us are just the best of a bad lot. Being at the top of a pile of feces doesn't make you anything but shit like the rest. Never forget that.

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Postby Aureumterra » Sun May 03, 2020 5:21 pm

So Trevor Noah basically called the paycheck to paycheck workers who are at risk of losing their jobs and want things to reopen "dumb rednecks"
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Postby Rojava Free State » Sun May 03, 2020 5:21 pm

Aureumterra wrote:So Trevor Noah basically called the paycheck to paycheck workers who are at risk of losing their jobs and want things to reopen "dumb rednecks"


Can I have the link to the video?
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Postby Aureumterra » Sun May 03, 2020 5:24 pm

Rojava Free State wrote:
Aureumterra wrote:So Trevor Noah basically called the paycheck to paycheck workers who are at risk of losing their jobs and want things to reopen "dumb rednecks"


Can I have the link to the video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvDXtJBwXAM
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Sun May 03, 2020 5:24 pm

Aureumterra wrote:So Trevor Noah basically called the paycheck to paycheck workers who are at risk of losing their jobs and want things to reopen "dumb rednecks"


So more pandemic induced dumbfuckery going on in the US, huh? Not surprised anymore.
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Postby Rojava Free State » Sun May 03, 2020 5:28 pm

Aureumterra wrote:
Rojava Free State wrote:
Can I have the link to the video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvDXtJBwXAM


I had to stop when he talked about the protesters holding anti Semitic signs and showed the heil whitmer sign, which was calling whitmer a dictator and not unironically supporting nazism.

Oh Trevor, you didn't have to do this. Never meet your heroes kids.
Rojava Free State wrote:Listen yall. I'm only gonna say it once but I want you to remember it. This ain't a world fit for good men. It seems like you gotta be monstrous just to make it. Gotta have a little bit of darkness within you just to survive. You gotta stoop low everyday it seems like. Stoop all the way down to the devil in these times. And then one day you look in the mirror and you realize that you ain't you anymore. You're just another monster, and thanks to your actions, someone else will eventually become as warped and twisted as you. Never forget that the best of us are just the best of a bad lot. Being at the top of a pile of feces doesn't make you anything but shit like the rest. Never forget that.

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Postby Ethel mermania » Sun May 03, 2020 5:28 pm

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Aureumterra wrote:So Trevor Noah basically called the paycheck to paycheck workers who are at risk of losing their jobs and want things to reopen "dumb rednecks"


So more pandemic induced dumbfuckery going on in the US, huh? Not surprised anymore.

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