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Extraordinary events like the virus are exposing long-covered-up fraud that no one wanted to be the first to expose. "ghost flights" are real because humans are actually not flying now
China's hundreds of "ghost cities" were built over the last decade to consume raw materials and resources to simulate massive economic growth, despite little to no actual demand.

google.com/search?q=ghost…
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correlation. not coincidence or causation.

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observed for years
nytimes.com/2008/09/05/wor…
cnbc.com/2016/08/23/a-s…
business-humanrights.org/en/china-poor-…
google.com/search?q=china…
"don't kill the golden goose" has been the reason so much fraud has been hidden by so many in ad tech for so long

when this house of cards comes crashing down, it will be quick
How does revenue continue going up for AirBnB when people are too scared to stay in someone else's place and folks are too scared to let someone stay in their place?
how does digital ad revenue/spending continue going up (blue line) rapidly when humans' usage of the Internet, mobile, and social have all plateaued since 2010 (yellow and green lines)
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