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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are still arguing about Covid from any perspective you are a loser. Move on with your life.

OP was talking about the largely unpublished phenomenon of people dropping out of pre-2020 American social organization. And I’m not just talking about professional “languishing”, though that’s part of it. The turn on, tune in, drop out movement in the late 60’s was nowhere near as successful in transforming the country. Granted we’re rich, but our street is in a perpetual state of half-vacation. No one works full time; people work out, drink and smoke pot, and hang out together A LOT. It’s actually pretty great. [/quote]

Not everyone is rich.  For a low wage worker to lose two weeks of income is a big deal.  You don't even get your privilege.[/quote]

I have on the spot gifted 2 weeks of income (and candidly more than that) to at least a dozen people since Covid started. People who seemed like they were working hard, people who were down that day, people who seemed fine but I was feeling a drive to be generous and make someone happy. I “get” my privilege. And I’ve also worked as a janitor, a cashier, and a server in my life.

But that wasn’t really the topic. OP was posting about a general increase in apathy and I’m saying, yes, that’s a real thing and it’s not changing. The working poor will continue to work their butts off. But as a general matter the US is going to have a much more EU style framework for paid work (if not even more liberal). And I’m 100% in favor of that. I don’t want human beings devoting half of their waking lives to commerce. [/quote]

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