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minus-squarenondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·11 hours agoCovid wasnt the status quo and it made rich people richer than any other disaster in history. If you think the status quo is the only way the rich make money you’d be mistaken.
minus-squareipkpjersi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13·9 hours agoThe rich actually get richer by capitalizing off of disasters.
minus-squareNegativeNull@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 hours ago “The time to buy is when there’s blood in the streets.” - Baron Rothschild.
minus-squarenondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 hours agoYep Naomi Klein has a book titled The Shock Doctrine that has explored this. Its a good read if you haven’t already.
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Covid wasnt the status quo and it made rich people richer than any other disaster in history. If you think the status quo is the only way the rich make money you’d be mistaken.
The rich actually get richer by capitalizing off of disasters.
Yep Naomi Klein has a book titled The Shock Doctrine that has explored this. Its a good read if you haven’t already.
He’s not, he’s worse