Der Spiegel: Are we witnessing the implosion of a superpower?(spiegel.de)
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Der Spiegel: Are we witnessing the implosion of a superpower?
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-american-patient-how-trump-is-fueling-a-corona-disaster
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Cases per million or deaths per million don't make sense. The virus seeds from people entering the country and spreads exponentially from those seeds. The speed of the spread depends on the population density of the area where the seeds start but the population of the entire country has little to no bearing on that.
Why? Der Spiegel is selling headlines to try to make money, that's why.
Is there a link to the content please?
It seems to be heavily paywalled in a way I can usually get past.
It seems to be heavily paywalled in a way I can usually get past.
The original link doesn't work for me. This is the correct link:
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-american-pati...
There's no paywall, just a nag window at the bottom that you can close via X.
There's no paywall, just a nag window at the bottom that you can close via X.
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Outline.com is bypassing the paywall:
https://outline.com/gvLNek
Between the very serious claims that deficits don't matter and free money going around, I think we are seeing the nation change.
There will be a working class, and a leach class. It will forever define politics in the United States. What starts as good intentions will be what causes the end.
Our small business couldn't really afford to pay 15$/hr for a secretary, now with free money as a competitor, I imagine the cost of unskilled labor will only go up.
There will be a working class, and a leach class. It will forever define politics in the United States. What starts as good intentions will be what causes the end.
Our small business couldn't really afford to pay 15$/hr for a secretary, now with free money as a competitor, I imagine the cost of unskilled labor will only go up.
> There will be a working class, and a leach class. It will forever define politics in the United States.
That's already the status quo. The consequences of coronavirus will only solidify this... just look at Amazon, they're taking over business from a lot of quarantine-closed small stores, no matter if food or non-food. Many people will stick with Amazon, Bezos gets all the money, and entire 'hoods will collapse once the lockdowns get lifted. The biggest companies have enough cash, access to cash or fire their employees to ride out the lockdowns, the small businesses will go belly up no matter how much "stimulus money" gets injected.
I rather suspect that there will be a third class, or to be more precise, it will become evident to everyone that this class exists: destitute people in yet-unknown masses. Dozens of millions of people in the US have claimed unemployment benefits. Give them a month or two to run out of savings and debt options, and they'll be unable to make rent, get evicted, you get the rest.
That's already the status quo. The consequences of coronavirus will only solidify this... just look at Amazon, they're taking over business from a lot of quarantine-closed small stores, no matter if food or non-food. Many people will stick with Amazon, Bezos gets all the money, and entire 'hoods will collapse once the lockdowns get lifted. The biggest companies have enough cash, access to cash or fire their employees to ride out the lockdowns, the small businesses will go belly up no matter how much "stimulus money" gets injected.
I rather suspect that there will be a third class, or to be more precise, it will become evident to everyone that this class exists: destitute people in yet-unknown masses. Dozens of millions of people in the US have claimed unemployment benefits. Give them a month or two to run out of savings and debt options, and they'll be unable to make rent, get evicted, you get the rest.
This is a link that works for me:
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-american-pati...
You should note that “Der Spiegel” is left-leaning and has probably never lost a single good word on Trump ever. Without having read the article, I expect this to be based more on wishful thinking by doomsayers than on real concerns.
You should note that “Der Spiegel” is left-leaning and has probably never lost a single good word on Trump ever. Without having read the article, I expect this to be based more on wishful thinking by doomsayers than on real concerns.
TLDR: German author now understand that Americans have a system that intentionally thwarts top-down control, and that, even so people, can still learn to adapt and do the right thing even in a backdrop of insecurity.
Bonus Antics: German author uses "(sic)" in photo caption to imply that black nurses from Brooklyn are not speaking proper English.
Bonus Antics: German author uses "(sic)" in photo caption to imply that black nurses from Brooklyn are not speaking proper English.
The caption is a Trump quote from the paragraph above, intended to be ironically juxtaposed with the nurses' actual problems.
Good catch. Even weirder in my opinion putting it next to nurses recuperating from their work.
Der Spiegel didn't even get the date right - it was January 24th when Trump said “We have very little problem [sic] in this country at this moment—five [confirmed cases]. And those people are all recuperating successfully.” according to the sources I can find.
Der Spiegel didn't even get the date right - it was January 24th when Trump said “We have very little problem [sic] in this country at this moment—five [confirmed cases]. And those people are all recuperating successfully.” according to the sources I can find.
I don't know what sources you're looking at, all the ones I could find say the 30th:
- White House press release: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-pres...
- Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-china-usa-trump/tr...
- Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/30/trump-close-coopera...
- Vox: https://www.vox.com/2020/4/17/21225010/trump-who-attacks-cor...
- ABC News: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/wary-irking-china-tr...
- Al Jazeera America: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/cloneofcloneofcloneof...
This wasn't difficult, I just searched "Trump coronavirus very little problem" in Google News to get a vague idea, then limited it by date to get more specific results.
I couldn't find any evidence whatsoever for it happening on the 24th. To publish it on the 24th would require either time travel or some insight into planned speeches.
It kinda feels like you're trying to discredit Der Spiegel for some reason.
- White House press release: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-pres...
- Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-china-usa-trump/tr...
- Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/30/trump-close-coopera...
- Vox: https://www.vox.com/2020/4/17/21225010/trump-who-attacks-cor...
- ABC News: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/wary-irking-china-tr...
- Al Jazeera America: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/cloneofcloneofcloneof...
This wasn't difficult, I just searched "Trump coronavirus very little problem" in Google News to get a vague idea, then limited it by date to get more specific results.
I couldn't find any evidence whatsoever for it happening on the 24th. To publish it on the 24th would require either time travel or some insight into planned speeches.
It kinda feels like you're trying to discredit Der Spiegel for some reason.
I really think this is over the top. The US economy was doing very well prior to the outbreak, the US doesn't seem to be doing much worse than other countries. (Actually, the US seems to have a little better stats, judging by death-per-million.)
Why is Der Spiegel posting such a one-sided story? Are they hoping in some way to influence American politics? (Legitimate question.) If so, what is the reason?