{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Covid-worriers complaining that we aren't still paying people to stay home, that we're sacrificing lives for ~ThE eCoNoMy~ and...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/704400079723905024/", "html": "<p>Covid-worriers complaining that we aren&rsquo;t still paying people to stay home, that we&rsquo;re sacrificing lives for ~ThE eCoNoMy~ and like\u2026</p><ul><li>The international order rn is basically <i>all</i> hung off the dollar as global reserve currency </li><li>THAT is hung off the fact you can always park and invest dollars for a reasonable inflation-adjusted return</li><li>THAT is hung off the dollar economy being productive enough to reliably pay loans back</li><li>THAT is hung off Americans engaging in economically productive activity</li><li>And if that all fell through you&rsquo;d almost <i>certainly</i> see 2B+ deaths above baseline worldwide </li></ul>"}