By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas
We talked about a possible third world war last issue. What else could be another period of difficulty? Somebody in YouTube said the next pandemic would be about mental illnesses. Depression, chronic anxiety, craziness, the whole caboodle. Anything mental would be more difficult to handle compared to physical ones. The pandemic we just went through was difficult but should be easier..
Suicide in Japan during that time claimed more lives than did the Covid-19.
It would really be scary if there was one crazy person in every other house in the neighborhood. They can be dangerous or just laughing all the time, or just staring into space seeing mushrooms dancing in the air. Whatever the mental aberration they would be suffering would be a great burden to their families and to society. Can you treat them with drugs? Perhaps just to a certain extent.
By their sheer number if in pandemic proportions can paralyze communities.
Businesses, the economy and everything would suffer. It can result in chaos.
The worst is if hose in power are the ones who will go crazy. They can be like Polpot or Hitler who not only massacred but committed genocide on their own people.
Social conflicts like wars can ensue. Individuals will be cowering in fear like the victims of Hamas. There would be lawlessness and shortage of everything. Who will survive in such a situation? Those who will have access to water and food.
If you have a small farm, you will just have to maintain and guard it.
If what you have are debts, they will take whatever worry assets you have. Life would be “brutish.”
Always, however, there would be lucky ones. Call them as bearers of good karma or whatever, but they will be better off than the rest. Yes, Kurdapia, God will favor those who are lucky and those who are prepared. Are you? In terms of ability, or health or economic assets? If not, then you can only pray for God to bless you.**
