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Soph0571

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Sat May 16, 2020, 09:22 AM May 2020

Under cover of coronavirus, the world's bad guys are wreaking havoc

Under the cover of coronavirus, all kinds of wickedness are happening. Where you and I see a global health crisis, the world’s leading authoritarians, fearmongers and populist strongmen have spotted an opportunity – and they are seizing it.

... But there are others – and they tend to be in power – who see this opening very differently. For them, the virus suddenly makes possible action that in normal times would exact a heavy cost. Now they can strike while the world looks the other way.

[link:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/15/under-cover-of-coronavirus-the-worlds-bad-guys-are-wreaking-havoc|]

The list goes on and on - Syria, China, America, Hungary, Brazil, India, creating havoc while the world focuses on Covid. Stealing liberties, committing crimes and weaponizing Covid to take out certain communities is the name of the rabid right wing fuckers game...


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Under cover of coronavirus, the world's bad guys are wreaking havoc (Original Post) Soph0571 May 2020 OP
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