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ordinarily, news media uses the status quo as a measure of good and bad news. during a crisis, the inevitable distance from “business as usual” opens the floodgates for  change - consolidations of power at the top and resiliant reorganization at the bottom become viable. I have taken the liberty of  aligning the news media with an alternative status quo, one that begins with the unexpected shutdown of  capitalism during a global pandemic.   




Mark