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All across the Great Western territory / Looking forward - after Coronavirus to 2045 / Re: Looking ahead - the positive board even as services reduce to meet lower demand
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on: March 24, 2020, 08:11:46
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It is difficult to find equivalent events in our history. In the last century the two world wars come to mind and before that the black death. All these events to a greater or lesser extent lead to a more egalitarian society.
The black death saw the end of the feudal system - essentially the freeing of slaves.
WW1 - a land fit for hero's was not so significant a change.
WW2 saw the welfare state, the National Heath Service, the 1944 Education Act and much more.
Where will this crisis lead us?
All three events you noted lasted five years ... is it the depth, duration, or area "under the curve" that has kicked such changes? I'm answering a question with a question, and not suggesting an answer. We don't yet know how long this epidemic will last, especially in terms of further waves of infection. |
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All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / Re: good news for free bus pass holders
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on: March 23, 2020, 00:47:13
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I have to say that worrying about whether we should “encourage” pass holders to travel is to me a bit like fiddling whilst Rome burns, or the Marketing Executive on the Golgafrinchan B Ark trying to decide what colour fire should be. There are more important things going at the moment than get concerned over whether old Sid down the road is making two return free bus trips per day rather than one.
False non-equivalence! These are the same problem. We are all being told to socially distance, the elderly are being told to self-isolate; and then encouraged onto buses where they will be sitting in close proximity, touching shiny surfaces and breathing each other's exhalations. They will then walk around town, into frequently crowded shops and so on. I have a feeling it will all be irrelevant in a week or two anyway as we'll be on lockdown like France, Italy, Germany, and a dozen other places from California to the Philippines. |
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