Originally Posted by
johnst_nhb
I think this is the Occam's razor here. A very large majority have no clue about our economy, let alone the complexity of the world economy. To them, economy is only "I buy, I sell."
The most vocal of the supporters of restrictions are motivated by (IMO based on living in a hot bed of new wave "liberalism") the following in order:
1- Free money for no work (i.e. one big giant paid vacation they deserve because life has been hard.)
2- A devastating economy looks bad and negatively impacts Trump's chances at re-election. Its worth it to endure the bad economy for this (see #1.)
3- People may get sick and its the right thing to do (this is a very distant third.)
Like you said, this is no longer about the virus and hasn't been for quite some time.