So I've seen varying takes on this. What exactly is happening? Does the executive branch have the power to extend it? Is the Supreme Court blocking it? Does the CDC?
Can someone give me a breakdown pleaaaase?!
So I've seen varying takes on this. What exactly is happening? Does the executive branch have the power to extend it? Is the Supreme Court blocking it? Does the CDC?
Can someone give me a breakdown pleaaaase?!
Ending the eviction moratorium is in the bougie class' - especially the wee bougies class' - short term best interests because it will force people back to work and end (or at least lessen) the labor shortage without a $15 federal minimun wage having to be installed. This is why you're seeing the Dems make a big show of saying how bad it is that the moratorium is ending, but not actually doing anything to stop the moratorium from ending.
Long term, it could be against bougies' best interests if enough people are dispossesed fast enough. Historically, plague-ridden desparate masses with nothing to lose have had a lot of revolutionary potential. But if the eviction process takes long enough, some of that potential can be dulled by states' own moratoriums, rent reimbursement to landlords, etc.
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The pandemic has shifted the landscape though. And everyone's in a more precarious position than in '08. But you're right, even that may not be enough to radicalize people.