Never waste a good crisis: Coronavirus edition

Liberals are currently rubbing their hands about the social engineering they can indulge in under cover of the coronavirus (there's plenty of idiocy on 'the other side' too, but I will save that for another post).

The fullest and most strident expression of this sentiment I've seen so far:

Vye Zarin

"The world will never be the same after we recover from COVlD-19.

Every time the government said they couldn't find money for a program that benefited citizens, a lie.

Every time your manager said your job couldn't be done from home, a lie.

Every college class that couldn't be taught online, a lie.

The government could never allow universal healthcare, a lie.

When the world heals, remember the lies they shoved in our faces our entire lives

Remember the insider trading that won't ever be held accountable allowing the rich to make even more millions while we lose everything.

Universal healthcare, student loan debt forgiveness, affordable education, livable wages and affordable housing are the pillars we need our government to address.

call out their lies because this virus is showing us the real enemies of humanity now"

(It will come as no surprise to the reader that the poster's Facebook cover photo currently features Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Mao)

Spot on comment on a friend's Facebook:

"oh please this is another bullshit, there are things that can be tolerated temporarily but cannot be done long term. just because you can tolerate a moment of pain doesn't mean you can live in a life with every moment in pain. just because a man can run a 100m in 10s doesn't mean he can run 1km in 100s. just because he can create a moment of miracle doesn't mean he can create a lifetime of miracles. this is why people don't deserve good things, give them a bone and they expect you to feed them for life."

More succinctly (on the same page):

"I can hold my breath underwater.

This means I must be able to stay there indefinitely!"


An even more idiotic comment I saw was from a communist who claimed that all developed countries could afford to provide food, shelter and healthcare to all their citizens (normally), and should. Maybe he thought printing money was the way to fund all this.