Originally Posted by
ATC Watcher
Bidule :
That is an aspect of the problem we have not discussed much yet. Looking at the news this morning the Lebanese situation is probably being closely watched by many politicians today . Lebanon had the effects of a disrupted economy starting a few months before everyone else,and now , this combined with the virus lockdown effect is starting to produce riots on the streets. They are now attacking and burning banks and ATMs. , meaning in a short while nobody will have access to cash anymore, an effective way to create even more chaos..
It would seem that the number of months a government can keep its citizens under economic duress before reactions on the streets start to get ugly is indeed in single digits .
There’s another aspect that’s not discussed much and that’s the elder (older?) population.
Typically, 15%+ of the living depending upon ones definition of old.
Many of us already have existing death sentences and cannot afford to waste what life is remaining by sitting at home for even six months, let alone one year.
Again, typically this 15%+ have both disposable income and time and nothing to lose by going against the authoritarian rubbish that is being imposed.
Interesting times ahead I feel.