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		systemvoltage on April 21, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: India’s second wave Every sovereign nation with resources should be able to handle emergencies. India is not a small nation without resources. At this point, it seems that people are shifting blame from an ineffective government as well as people's will to cooperate on some externality such as world reserve currency. Did people read the FT article at all?

llampx on April 21, 2021 [–]

Shutting down an economy is well past any fathomable emergency.

supernovae on April 23, 2021 | [–]

If the economy doesn't serve the people, it deserves to be shutdown - especially in an emergency.

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