Hey, DiamondChan.
Those that have power could care less if businesses thrive, people buy and consume, or economies roll. Moreover, it surely ain't the "top 1%" that have any juice. Rather, it is a minimal percentage of that one percent.
What they want is power and control, power and control, power and control.
Starve the populace, scare the populace, kill off a large percentage of the populace ... they could care less ... anything .. anything whatsoever .. that gives them more power and control.
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