They already have. The middle class left is having a great confinement, making bread, zoom, virtue signaling on twitter. Meanwhile for millions of workers, lockdown has been a disaster and with economic collapse to come.
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I'm pretty sure these protesters aren't out there demanding better unemployment protection or healthcare for those who have lost their jobs. Their signs tell you what they want..for others to go back to work so they aren't inconvenienced.
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@insurgentspod just put out a great episode (with@gaywonk) that addressed this. One really powerful point was that the lack of government support for working people forced out of jobs is to convince them to be allies with bosses pushing to reopen, because how else will they eat? - End of conversation
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Seems to be only half the story though, unfortunately. There’s also an ideological revulsion for social welfare programs and what they consider to be a sliding into socialism/communism.
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Consider the source
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