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The Economist, Financial Times Exploit Virus, Push Socialist Policies
NewsBusters ^ | 4/7/2020 | Joseph Vazquez

Posted on 04/07/2020 8:28:11 AM PDT by JV3MRC

The Economist tweeted out a story headlined “Big tech’s covid-19 opportunity” with the caption: “Big tech firms are now vital utilities. Once this crisis ends, governments could push for state control of them as they have over energy firms.” The Financial Times’s Editorial Board’s editorial, headlined “Virus lays bare the frailty of the social contract,” pivoted off the pandemic to argue that “to demand collective sacrifice you must offer a social contract that benefits everyone.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; communism; financialtimes; socialism; theeconomist

1 posted on 04/07/2020 8:28:11 AM PDT by JV3MRC
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They forgot Business Insider. Interesting how these so called financially focused publications are infested with leftists.


2 posted on 04/07/2020 8:32:50 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: JV3MRC

The Economist is a product of The City of London, the international central banking system. Rubbish mostly, but useful to see what these crooks are up to.


3 posted on 04/07/2020 8:39:33 AM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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I stopped reading the economist 15+ years ago. I felt that for a supposedly “free market” magazine (which it actually once was) it was incredibly statist, globalist and technocrat-government elitist.

Its gotten much worse in these past 15 years as well.


4 posted on 04/07/2020 8:45:51 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: gibsonguy

The Economist is Rothschild managed. Very snooty, disrespectful of middle-class America. They get kicks out of insulting Americans.

Business Insider is sneaky. They often hide their leftist underpinnings.


5 posted on 04/07/2020 8:57:16 AM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: JV3MRC

I now seriously suspect anyone saying Hydroxychloroquine is “improved,” or saying, “wait!!!”

I’ll bet next week’s missing check that China, Soros, and 1-world-order folks are behind the disparaging push against it.

Including Fauci. Yes, I’m saying he smells.


6 posted on 04/07/2020 9:12:41 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Unredact the 99 page Collyer Report!!!)
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To: PGR88
I stopped reading the economist 15+ years ago. I felt that for a supposedly “free market” magazine (which it actually once was) it was incredibly statist, globalist and technocrat-government elitist.

Yup.
Same here. Used to read it every week back in the day.

Its gotten much worse in these past 15 years as well.

Agan, you are spot on.

7 posted on 04/07/2020 9:33:18 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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Challenge it using the ACLU case on behalf of the ebola nurse who fought orders to stay in quarantine. It was found to be a violation of her rights to force her to stay in isolation when not symptomatic.

https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/victory-detained-nurses-ebola-suit-will-secure-due-process-nj-quarantine-rules


8 posted on 04/07/2020 9:53:05 AM PDT by tbw2
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Shit happens, people die, it’s okay.

Just say no to social contracts.


9 posted on 04/07/2020 10:20:36 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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