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Alec Hogg: Covid’s made the rich even richer, including in SA
While the finances of millions were smashed last year, the rich grew ever wealthier, writes BizNews founder Alec Hogg.
Despite what dramatists would have us believe, 90% of mankind's errors stem from incompetence with only one in ten through deliberate action. But when consequences benefit an easily identified group, our minds easily conclude dark forces were at work.
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Once we all calm down sufficiently to properly assess 2020, expect an abundance of conspiracy theories. Because when considered with hindsight, government implementation of lockdowns, their massive borrowing and now obligatory vaccines will appear designed to benefit an elite. As Kevin Lings's graph above shows, while the finances of millions were smashed last year, the rich grew ever wealthier.
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