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Deep. Soul deep.

The closure of Hormuz will make the supply disruptions of Covid look like nuthin’.

We’ve only barely acknowledged any of it, much less gained any measure of peace. Not even counting the people who feel like they were justified in dismissing the whole thing because they’ve lied to themselves so hard.

The pandemic hasn't ended. Only the emergency part of it ended.

It was the first time in my life that I had a full month off work since I was 14. I felt bad bc the world was falling apart, but I was doing great. Also noticed this about those pandemic checks…thrift stores and pawn shops were picked clean. Giving poor people money def stimulates the economy.

Same time republicans took over congress.

We have the government we deserve. A lot of Americans believe that if you need help it's your own fault and you should be punished for it...even though many of those same people will find themselves needing that help and begging for sympathy when they can't get it.

the other reason was that it was a stealth layoff of people who went remote and either moved somewhere cheaper or just couldn't stomach the commute and the big open plan office anymore. which makes sense given the wave of non stealth layoffs that followed, and the rise of chatbots over people

Socialism for the Rich, grinding hard nosed capitalist hell for everyone else.

Surveillance and also to justify real estate purchase and leasing decisions--but that's also a stupid reason. It's not the employees' fault a corporation suddenly finds itself paying too much for office space.

None of it is based in an honest assessment of productivity & cost savings for either the employees or the company.

Agreed. It still boggles my mind that theyre not like "fuck yeah we can reduce facility costs by a huge amount!"

As a software developer, most of my in office jobs have been a 30 to 45 minute one way commute which means 1-2 hours per day risking my life in traffic to go to a poorly climate controlled building with migraine inducing fluorescent lights and constant distractions while i work alone at a desk

I’m going with rage because that’s just the mood I’m in. This enrages me.

All of this. I’m so angry

And even my modest little life is getting stressful and I have every possible advantage to cope with it because we WERE making more before.

I also have a mortgage that is less than the rent I would pay if I rented, and what a huge deal that is, truly.

I always feel like a psychopath when I say this, but the early lockdowns saw me experiencing better mental and physical health than I had in years. Better work-life balance, more energy, ironically better quality of work. All because the anti-covid measures suit my depression/anxiety combo better.

FDR had it right. Democratic Socialists have it right.

a work friend left to go to a fine dining place that was opening up, but the lockdown hit and they laid everyone off. bc they hadn't been there 3 months they didn't qualify for anything either

Peeled back every scrap...and more! So many people are worse off than before as they speed run economic collapse

I think about this XKCD a lot. xkcd.com/2287