exactly. it's sad and tragic but at the very least it did at least make more people, especially people who haven't worked those jobs how utterly insane it works right now. Some people wont ever truly get it or benefit from not admitting to it, and i'm not going to go as far as to say it created actual class consciousness in most people unaware of that concept, but at the very least *some * people finally got why we need both a higher min wage and better social services to kick in. The UI and rent moratorium were absolutely crucial in making sure the country didn't actually enter in a chaotic, deep depression. I mean we could easily argue we never left the depression, especially after '08, but it could always be worse!! The other thing is we're not out of the clear yet, there is plenty of ways it can go south as shit reopens more and more, even with our high vaccine rates.

it's still absurd how they called medical staff heroes and that was it. Not advocating for permeant wage increases and stop making them work 12+ hours and the completely artificial and manufactured doctor shortage.