Originally Posted by
SonicFlyer
Wrong.
The major economic sabotage of last year was ABSOLUTELY the fault of the government, political, and media operatives.
The first few months of COVID before anyone really knew what to expect, yeah sure, that economic damage wasn't anyone's fault (assuming the virus didn't leak out of a lab). Shutting down for a couple of months made some sense and yes that pain was probably unavoidable.
But after the first few months, the lingering shutdowns, fear mongering, faulty "science", bureaucrats and politicians on a power trip, and political agendas aimed at causing damage to rivals, was 100% avoidable.
And the same can be said for the current inflation and potential hyperinflation / economic hard times that are headed our way like a runaway freight train.
I was referring to the management and staff of the airlines involved. Clearly, government missteps at all levels and in most countries significantly exacerbated the problem. A lot of the preCOVID decision-making BY the airlines that hurt the airlines (fleet modernization, etc.) was entirely reasonable if you didn’t know COVID was about to hit - which they didn’t.
and you can include in the people to point fingers at a fair proportion of our population that has simply become risk averse to an unreasonable degree - apparently believing if they take sufficiently excess precautions they will never die.