Behind enemy lines

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Of course vaping is being frowned at, the old-robber barons don't want their monopoly threatened!
As I've said before, think of the basics that many countries grow up with and never dwell on a world
without such commodities.

Paper. The media were quick to tell you couldn't catch the virus of newspapers.
Paper. The sudden rush to acquire toilet rolls became a news item and pushed the public to buy more
because of the media urging.
Paper. Make your own 'PPE' masks with two rubber bands and a wad of tissue paper. Real masks are
made with non-woven material, but again, the media suggested paper.

Flour. In the UK access to flour stopped almost overnight at the beginning of the flu-scare. The public
panicked into thinking if food-shortages (another Robber Baron avenue!) were to be a regular situation,
home-baking is a must.
Flour. Even as I write this, buying a bag of flour in supermarkets is still a hit-and-miss. The quote is that
the bread-making businesses are going flat-out to provide -what we're told is, a basic component of
everyday-living.

Tobacco. Many earlier media reports indicated smokers 'could have' built up a special immune system to
deal with the intake of cigarette smoke. The same reports suggested the virus struggled to survive in
smokers' lungs.

Now think about how during such an alleged global crisis with food-outlets and Supermarkets being closed
and restrictions of travel being a concern, how would you -an investor and sole/major owner of products
that are built-into first-world social structures, would continue to hold sway in such a global 'shutdown'?

I constantly monitor flights across the world to see what effects this flu outrage caused and even though
commercial airlines were reduced, cargo transport never wavered and seemed to increase.
Transport of what you need is also a big item on an Industrialist's list of assured money-making.

Start with the basics and one can see how the last few months have benefited those who hold the strings
on how we live and what we purchase.

This isn't necessarily a negative posting, but it does show the level of dependency the general public have
on a system -that in reality, we don't truly need. That doesn't mean everyone should start a Seattle-style
garden made of cardboard under-felt and picket-fencing around one's plot, but appreciation of one's place
in a controlled system can help to see how it all works.

Now... why this disease had such an impact on the world, is the next question!