Comment by submeta
7 days ago
I slowly start to believe that there are powers at play that want the world economy to tank. First seen during covid pandemic, halting all public life. Now with a US administration that does everything to tank world economy. Who these powers are, what their intentions are, I have no idea. But it is apparent that we can watch in slow motion how the desaster unfolds.
Sorry for the unsolicited advice, but that sounds like the seeds of conspiracy theory thinking, which is dangerous if you end up with confirmation bias and start finding clues that satisfy your theories, e.g.: https://archive.is/sS3W1 . "Satisfy" in the sense of "I knew it! I was right, I'm onto something!"
Of course it's possible your theory is right, at the moment my uneducated guess about what the Trump admin is doing is like some art critic seeing paint on canvas and asking "I wonder what this artist' motivation is..." when it's in fact just a monkey having smeared its droppings on the canvas.
Whereas the lockdowns around the world are probably governments being scared that they'll have too many deaths. If there was a conspiracy, with so many governments, what do you think the chances are of somebody leaking the plans are?
You’re giving them too much credit for being clueless. Especially the Trump administration. Look at the people on that team: evangelicals hoping for the end of the world so their Savior can return, self-made billionaires pushing personal agendas, crypto grifters treating policy like a pump-and-dump scheme… This wasn’t just random chaos — they knew exactly what they were doing.
But I agree with you: The Covid pandemic seems to genuinely have overwhelmed governments worldwide.