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World News See other World News Articles Title: Belarusian President on Flu Hoax: Whole World in a State of Psychosis, Elites Pocketed Trillions It’s nice to know that there are people out there that are going on with normal life, drinking their vodka and chilling in their saunas just like any other year. Soon enough, these Slavs will most likely have hordes of French and German economic migrants grovelling at their borders. Sputnik: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has taken a shot at the world’s elites, accusing them of taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to put “trillions of dollars in their pockets” while the global economy burns. “The coronavirus has put the whole planet into a state of psychosis…I call it a psychosis because someone clearly needs this. And you’ve probably noticed yourself who. It’s the same as always: after the swine flu, the bird flu, SARS…today we’re facing another pandemic, another pneumonia, only in a new form. And you remember who took advantage of these situations in the past, who put billions in their pockets,” Lukashenko said, speaking to officials in Mogilev region on Saturday. “The whole world today has stopped; the global economy has not just stalled, but been demolished. But leading companies, leading billionaires and states have put trillions of dollars in their pockets,” the president added, referring to the current crisis. “That’s why I have always asked the question, going back three months ago, as you may remember: Who needs this? Is this a man-made event – this health pandemic? So far I do not have an answer to this question, and hope that you don’t either,” Lukashenko noted. … Belarus faced the wrath of media and medical experts around the world after refusing to institute mandatory lockdown measures, with the country’s factories, farms, schools, shops, restaurants and other amenities remaining open throughout the past several months even as its neighbours closed down. However, recently published data have shown that while the country’s per capita infection rates are comparable to other European nations and the US, its mortality rates have been among the lowest in the world, ranking 45th among 49 countries with 10,000 or more cases where sufficient data is available. This week, the Institute for Policy Studies, a Washington-based think tank, concluded that in the US alone, billionaires have added $565 billion to their fortunes since mid-March, with their total wealth up by 19 percent since the pandemic began. The figures were published amid reports that close to 39 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits amid the crisis. Similar trends have been observed in countries across the world, from Europe to Asia. You tell me if I’m reading too much into this – but I can’t help but wonder if the notoriously cynical Slavic worldview is not, in fact, better suited to the modern world than the remaining vestiges of Western idealism. Idealism worked fine when it was bound up in traditional Christianity – but it seems like it has moved on to consumer morality cults, election worship and praying to the blacks and so on, without skipping a beat. Lukashenko got the same information about this flu hoax that everyone else did. He just assumed, naturally, that the best way to understand any new information is to first assume that everyone and their mother wants to screw you over for money, and to try to fit it into that model. Seems like a safe bet, these days. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
#1. To: Ada (#0)
Excellent, thank you.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
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