• LughOPMA
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    • it will probably end in violence.*

    I have my doubts about that. The recent covid pandemic showed us how quickly people can adapt to radical change. How the civilian populations in Europe dealt with Word War One & Two provides further examples.

    People are just as likely to adapt surprisingly quickly ; “Keep Calm, and Carry on” the well know poster was from 1939 in Britain at the start of WW2.

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      They are hardly comparable situations.

      The lockdown was an inconvenience we shared for a greater good

      Price-fixing rent means people starve for landlord greed

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      Dealt with WW1 and 2?

      They war slaughtered by the millions… some serious survivor bias here