{"id":92,"date":"2020-06-26T17:00:44","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T16:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=92"},"modified":"2024-08-19T14:29:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T13:29:51","slug":"business-as-usual-a-new-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=92","title":{"rendered":"Business As Usual? (a new pandemic)"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-92-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Business-As-Usual.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Business-As-Usual.mp3\">https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Business-As-Usual.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>First evidence today<br \/>\nof a new pandemic,<br \/>\nas destructive almost<br \/>\nbecause its systemic<\/p>\n<p>An immaculate businessman<br \/>\ntalks of the chances<br \/>\nof accumulating more,<br \/>\nas corona advances.<\/p>\n<p>For billionaires waiting<br \/>\nto buy assets cheaply,<br \/>\nof businesses closing,<br \/>\nfirms crashing weekly.<\/p>\n<p>The hedge fund manager<br \/>\nhe smiles in his drink,<br \/>\nat the new acquisitions,<br \/>\nas economies sink.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s business as usual<br \/>\nhe cheerily says,<br \/>\ncome, grab all you can<br \/>\nwhile someone else pays.<\/p>\n<p>The poor people queue<br \/>\nfor handouts of food<br \/>\nwhile rich people think<br \/>\n&#8216;never had it so good!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>So, unemployed people<br \/>\nwho need a fresh start,<br \/>\nare telling the bankers<br \/>\nto change their hard hearts.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s plenty of money<br \/>\nlocked up in their coffers,<br \/>\njust spread it around more<br \/>\nwith lots of job offers.<\/p>\n<p>It isn&#8217;t alright for a<br \/>\ncapitalist minority,<br \/>\nto keep all the wealth<br \/>\nfrom the people in poverty.<\/p>\n<p>The virus has shown us,<br \/>\nits perfectly clear,<br \/>\nthat we&#8217;re in it together,<br \/>\nthe future is here.<\/p>\n<p>Support all the people<br \/>\nfreely offering their skill,<br \/>\nto serve one another,<br \/>\nnot themselves to fulfil.<\/p>\n<p>Now is the time to<br \/>\nto change the old system,<br \/>\nto stop profiteering<br \/>\nand learn a new wisdom.<\/p>\n<p>24.4.20<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=73\">NEXT POEM &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-92-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Business-As-Usual.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Business-As-Usual.mp3\">https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Business-As-Usual.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>First evidence today<br \/>\nof a new pandemic,<br \/>\nas destructive almost<br \/>\nbecause its systemic<\/p>\n<p>An immaculate businessman<br \/>\ntalks of the chances<br \/>\nof accumulating more,<br \/>\nas corona advances.<\/p>\n<p>For billionaires waiting<br \/>\nto buy assets cheaply,<br \/>\nof businesses closing,<br \/>\nfirms crashing weekly.<\/p>\n<p>The hedge fund manager<br \/>&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"margintop-large margintop-xlarge-l clear-both\"><a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=92#s\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Business As Usual? (a new pandemic)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-92","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1237,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92\/revisions\/1237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}