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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Mar 2020

      1. It's commonplace to describe the pandemic as a war. We should be clear on who the warriors are -- essential workers who keep the economy going: doctors, nurses, grocery clerks, pharmacists, warehouse workers, delivery people -- the army that keeps society going

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Mar 2020

      2. Many of our warrior-workers are going to suffer the same fate as soldiers in wartime: trauma, injury, death. Doctors and nurses are drawing up their will and keeping separate from family. And as with soldiers, they are being sent to fight with inadequate equipment.pic.twitter.com/Y7gTFYlbrb

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Mar 2020

      3. Modern wars are usually accompanied by a redrafting of the social contract. You can't ask people to die without giving them something to fight for: pensions after the civil war, the GI Bill, the VA. As the old slogan in WWI goes: "a home fit for heroes"

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Mar 2020

          Jeet Heer Retweeted Lauren Kaori Gurley

          4. A class war is already accompany the war on the coronavirus. Workers in essential industries are, quite rightly, appalled they are asked to risk their lives without compensation (including paid sick leave). Wildcat strikes are taking off:https://twitter.com/LaurenKGurley/status/1243549762827300864 …

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          Lauren Kaori GurleyVerified account @LaurenKGurley
          SCOOP: Instacart's workers are planning a nationwide strike on Monday to protest the company's response to coronavirus. Wildcat strikes have been sweeping the country in recent days, but this marks the first major walkout in the gig economy. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4agmvd/instacarts-gig-workers-are-planning-a-massive-nationwide-strike …
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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Mar 2020

          5. Right now we're seeing a massive bailout for corporate America (upwards of $6 trillion) but only the most grudging social safety net measures (and resistance to even medically necessary policy like paid sick leave). This is an explosive combination.

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        4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Mar 2020

          6. "A home fit for heroes" was a good slogan in the great war and it's a good slogan now. We should demand a social order worthy of the heroic sacrifices citizens are making. More here:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/workers-warriors-coronavirus/ …

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        1. Frank McGillicuddy says give blood‏ @Frank_McG 27 Mar 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          thanks for that - a ubi for every voter!!!

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        2. Briiiiiiiii‏ @BSmooter 27 Mar 2020
          Replying to @thatvictorgallo @HeerJeet

          So... you're saying it never happened (it did), or you're saying it's no longer going to happen?

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        2. Lee‏ @LSilver86 27 Mar 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          "usually" or, more likely, in the distant past. We didn't see these types of benefits accrue to those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan in the early part of this century, did we?

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        3.  🇺🇦 🌻Pierce Presley, serious shitposter 🌻 🇺🇦‏ @piercepresley 27 Mar 2020
          Replying to @LSilver86 @HeerJeet

          The post-9/11 GI Bill, especially the ability to be transferred to dependents, begs to differ.

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        2. Collin Reid‏ @CREID2852 27 Mar 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          SUCCESSFUL Modern wars are usually accompanied by redrafting of the social contract. I don't see Vietnam did any redrafting of social contract.

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        3. Zero G Badillion‏ @ZeroGBadillion 27 Mar 2020
          Replying to @CREID2852 @HeerJeet

          Got rid of the draft and did cause a certain hesitancy towards conflict that was too short lived.

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