 Look, I'll admit for a second Donald Trump and the Republican Party. They were doing a mildly good job They're doing an adequate job at convincing people that maybe they cared a little bit about working Americans now Of course, this was nothing more than a ruse because it's not the Americans who they care about what I said Was that you know capitalists they acknowledge that? We can't buy their goods and services if we have no money So if we're going to be looking at another economic recession possibly a great depression scenario You have to take care of workers. Otherwise the entire system itself can't survive capitalism implodes right But the problem here is that if we really want to Take drastic action flatten the curve so to speak We have to make sure that we are practicing social distancing people are staying home But the problem is this will lead to industries failing the casino industry is asking for a bailout The airline industry is asking for a bailout because people aren't traveling unless it's essential So now what Republicans are doing is they're just taking the mask off with Donald Trump as of late He's gone full mask off. He's revealing that when push comes to shove He doesn't give a damn about the American people he cares about the profits of large multinational corporations because look at what he tweeted out in all caps He says we cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself at the end of the 15-day period We will make a decision as to which way we want to go No, I mean I don't think that during a global pandemic these types of cryptic tweets are very helpful because you can't really tell What he means by this so all we can do is speculate But if he really means what we all think it means This is horrific like the implications of this are absolutely horrifying Because what he chooses to do doesn't just impact America. It impacts the rest of the world So if he says you know what I Hear you about flattening the curve and you know all of this Social distancing, but we're gonna send everyone back to work We're gonna make sure that the economy doesn't suffer and it's business as usual if he does this People are going to die a lot of people are going to die now It's already the case that COVID-19 is going to kill Thousands hundreds of thousands potentially of human beings. It's just a matter of what are we going to do to? Limit the death toll. That's really what we're faced with now and Part of limiting the death toll flattening the curve means we have to take extreme measures Will the economy and certain industry suffer? Yes, but That's something that we have to do if we truly care about human lives, but Trump is revealing here Actually, the economy is more important to me. Why? Because if the economy tanks, what's gonna happen? Well, if you are an incumbent president and you're in an election year And the economy suffers you usually lose. That's what history indicates. Anyways, so basically If the economy suffers then he may suffer. So this is about self-interest. That's if He truly is going to do this now. He gave us an indication that uh, yeah I care more about the economy than saving human lives because as axios reports Trump says coronavirus restrictions will be lifted soon dismissing health experts and he hinted at this during his latest press conference And this is just this is insane and I will say we're going to be watching our senior citizens very closely We're gonna be watching certain hot spots like New York and within New York you have Areas which are troubling and we'll be working with the governor and the mayor and everybody else on those spots But at the same time at a certain point we have to get open and we have to be We have to get moving. We don't want to lose these companies. We don't want to lose these workers We want to take care of our workers. So we'll be doing something. I think relatively quickly, but we've learned a lot during this period This was a very necessary period Tremendous information was gained But we can do two things at one time, you know, and again, I say we have a very active flu season More active than most it's looking like it's heading to 50,000 or more deaths deaths not cases 50,000 deaths which is That's a lot and you look at automobile accidents Which are far greater than any numbers we're talking about that doesn't mean we're going to tell everybody no more driving of cars So we we have to do things To get our country open, but this has been an incredible period of learning and we'll have announcements over the next fairly short period as to The timing in other words. Yeah, I get that social distancing is absolutely necessary if we want to flatten the curve I hear you but This is hurting the economy social distancing is hurting the economy and if the economy suffers That's gonna hurt my reelection chances. So I hear what the CDC says. I hear what the World Health Organization says. I hear you But I just don't care now. There are some estimates that say this could last until spring of 2021 and Donald Trump said at this press conference quote. I'm not looking at months. I can tell you that right now So let's say that we need social distancing for three months He's telling you flat out not gonna happen not gonna happen because Profits the economy that matters more than the lives of human beings and like this is you would think it goes against his own self-interest because The people who are disproportionately impacted our elderly voters who by and large are propping up the Republican Party So if you kill off your base, that's gonna hurt you But I mean he's not thinking logically. He's just panicking and he's not a leader He you know, he's in over his head. He doesn't know what to do He's not cut out for this and it's to a point now where I think the CNN headline that Ken Clippenstein shared It's terrifyingly accurate. It describes the situation too well Dollars versus deaths. How many lives is the world economy worth? That's what President Trump faces as coronavirus creates a self-inflicted economic shutdown just the mere fact that we have to have this debate and Question whether or not our government values the economy over human lives and certain industries over human lives Shows you how much of a failure capitalism is It's already killing The planet itself like earth is becoming uninhabitable because we value the profits of private companies Over the habitability of our planet and you're seeing firsthand how They don't even care if it kills people if it kills off a large portion of the American population and the world population Meh, I'd rather just make sure that it's business as usual because I don't want the economy to suffer Now you have to like if you are a world leader from a different country You have to be furious right now because if Donald Trump says hey everyone its business as usual That's going to have implications for the world because the virus will spread here in the United States and in turn It will proliferate throughout the world So I mean the fact that this is even something that we're considering the fact that it's mask off And they're just saying the quiet part out loud now is absolutely insane I mean the lieutenant governor of Texas Dan Patrick admitted that he would rather risk his own survival to make sure that the economy Continues on the current trajectory Well, even if it's the case that he does send everyone back to work its business as usual, right? Not every single country will do that There are still going to be economic ramifications that will negatively impact of us if other countries follow precautions So this is unnecessary if he chooses unilaterally To you know discourage social distancing People may die for nothing and we still may have a global recession But again, he's desperate He's not thinking rationally. He's not a very logical person. He's an emotional person Hence why we see so many all caps tweets from him now to be fair It's not just Donald Trump because governor Andrew Cuomo of New York one of the states that has been hit the hardest If not the hardest kind of hinted at the same thing because there's Anthony Pascal of New York one tweeted Breaking governor Cuomo quote. We have to plan the pivot back to economic functionality Says we may not have to isolate everyone could allow the healthy less vulnerable to work COVID-19 survival rate is 98% New York forward plan to look into Restarting economic engine Cuomo at some point you have to open the valve because this is not sustainable Says he has no second thoughts about keeping all non-essential workers home despite damage to the economy Says there will be political consequences, but claims. He doesn't care Cuomo The first order of business is to deal with this health crisis We are still in the relative calm before the storm once we get through a health crisis We will plan for economy so it's subtle But what he's hinting at here is look I get the necessity of social distancing and yes, you know We're on lockdown, but what if we just let maybe some young people return to work who are healthy? I mean this should tell you everything that you need to know about our economic system capitalism and what it has done to our leaders They literally care more about the economy Than your life that should tell you something that should make you irate You're paying taxes into a system that doesn't value you it values our economic system And big business more than you that should make you feel completely uneasy With the capitalist status quo it should make everyone an anti-capitalist and I don't care what you are Democratic Socialist Anarcho-syndicalist an anarchist so long as you're not a capitalist then I think that that's logical But if you're still a capitalist when this system is going full mask off and we can see it I mean it's already gone mask off right it's already done enough to reveal itself But if you're still proudly capitalist, I don't know what to tell you There's a reason why younger people disproportionately are More in favor of socialism than capitalism because look at what the system is doing it values The economy and the profits of big business more than our lives and that should make everyone incredibly angry So I don't really know what else to say all that I will tell you is Disregard what the government says if they're telling you to put your life at risk for the economy If you work for a large multinational corporation like GameStop they close now, but and they're telling you That you should risk your life Just to make them profits disregard what they say that like At the end of the day you have to acknowledge that your life is more important and Capitalism has basically made people buy into this notion that their lives don't really matter They're you know just a cog in the machine and making sure that Customers get video games or fucking. I don't know Something that doesn't really matter is more important than your own life, but that's not true The economy can't survive without human beings and because of that we should be valuing human lives over everything else But I mean Donald Trump He just he genuinely doesn't care he's rich He's gonna be okay. He's older, but he has money so he will receive the best health care He's being constantly tested for COVID-19 He's gonna be okay at the end of the day but the individuals who will suffer the most are the people who are vulnerable who are at the bottom of our economic totem pole and That should absolutely enrage everyone, but the fact that people are still complicit and have bought into this Disgusting cult of an economic system. 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