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I really thought COVID would be a bit more successful in this regard, give us a bit more room on the streets, shake loose some of that boomer wealth.
Gosh dang the black plague generation has it easy in comparison.
In Capitalism, the death of 1/4 of the population would just further concentrate the wealth at the top.
Nah, they need the workers to leech from. Think how much power the workers got from Covid as it was, losing less than 1% of the population; can you imagine how much in-demand labor would be with a 25% loss of supply?
Huge boost for working people. People were able to negotiate for better pay, and travel to another employer if the pay was too low.
It was a social revolution for the survivors.
But it was more like a 50 to 60% reduction in supply. That Black Death did not mess around