Did China over-react?
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I know a lot of folks on this site tend to believe our “government” (state or federal) over-reacted to the virus, and we need to return to normal operations. Part of the problem with that, for many workers in the US, is China quit producing goods/items needed to produce work for US workers. So did China over-react to the virus by shutting their country down? And, did they do so knowing it would inflict economic injury on others?
My thought is, Covid-19 is a real enough virus. Potentially deadly, like many other things in life. BUT, I was watching a lot of economic uncertainty here in the US, in China, and in other parts of the world before the virus. The virus magnified the problems that were surfacing in different economies, but the virus shifted the attention of the true cause of those economic issues. The virus became the “cover story” for what they planned to do anyways. I don’t generally feed into “theories”, but there’s more going on than is being talked about, IMO. Anyone else thinking something similar?
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Re: Did China over-react?
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I know a lot of folks on this site tend to believe our “government” (state or federal) over-reacted to the virus, and we need to return to normal operations. Part of the problem with that, for many workers in the US, is China quit producing goods/items needed to produce work for US workers. So did China over-react to the virus by shutting their country down? And, did they do so knowing it would inflict economic injury on others?
My thought is, Covid-19 is a real enough virus. Potentially deadly, like many other things in life. BUT, I was watching a lot of economic uncertainty here in the US, in China, and in other parts of the world before the virus. The virus magnified the problems that were surfacing in different economies, but the virus shifted the attention of the true cause of those economic issues. The virus became the “cover story” for what they planned to do anyways. I don’t generally feed into “theories”, but there’s more going on than is being talked about, IMO. Anyone else thinking something similar? Absolutely. Now the FED and the US government have a black swan event to blame and can use the cover of that to maybe prolong the inevitable
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Re: Did China over-react?
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All I know is it's time to bring things back here to be built and produced. How is it that we are a super power but can't self sustain and we have to depend on other countries to survive?
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Re: Did China over-react?
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All I know is it's time to bring things back here to be built and produced. How is it that we are a super power but can't self sustain and we have to depend on other countries to survive? Dang there might be some hope for you yet! Spot on. 
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Re: Did China over-react?
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All I know is it's time to bring things back here to be built and produced. How is it that we are a super power but can't self sustain and we have to depend on other countries to survive? Absolutely. If the press was any good, your question would be posed to past presidents who piled regulations on businesses and allowed foreign made products in with minimal tariffs.
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Re: Did China over-react?
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I don't think so warrior, I think the CCP is done for exactly the reasons you said. The famine starts after the plague.
Last edited by countrygun; 04/11/20 04:54 PM.
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Re: Did China over-react?
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All I know is it's time to bring things back here to be built and produced. How is it that we are a super power but can't self sustain and we have to depend on other countries to survive? Nailed it.
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Re: Did China over-react?
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All I know is it's time to bring things back here to be built and produced. How is it that we are a super power but can't self sustain and we have to depend on other countries to survive? I agree. If you’re dependent on someone else so you can, you’re not in-charge.
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