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Mitch Barrie's avatar

This is a white collar issue, and the dynamics you worry about, while I agree will hurt people the most who live in the white collar world, will further exacerbate the social and cultural divide between the Zoomers and the rest of the population that actually makes the things the Zoomers use and eat. While the Zoomers spent the pandemic masked up in their jammies with regular visits from DoorDash and the Paycheck Fairy, the rest of America either continued working or lost their jobs and their livelihood. And zero fucks were given by any of the Zoomers, as far as I can tell. They just slapped another cartridge in the Keurig.

Fortunately, Covid wasn't nearly as dangerous a disease as the media and political classes suggested, and the Other Americans got through okay, unless they died from overdoses or suicides, or lost their savings when their hair salons and sandwich shops were shut down.

I spent the pandemic in Flyover (that is, almost no one around here really worried about Covid that much) working in a factory. It was no big deal. When I read about how the Bluechecks experienced the pandemic, it's like another fucking world.

You suggest they will pay the worst price post pandemic, but they sure do have a knack for looking after themselves, so I dunno . . .

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Walking Home's avatar

Working remotely has enabled me to connect deeply with my neighbours in a way I never did while commuting. I take in parcels, wave to retirees while walking the dog at lunchtimes and so on. I’m an introvert. It may seem strange to you, but the world has changed in a way that’s much better for us. I’ve lived my life in a dystopian world of open plan, shared offices and forced social exchanges with colleagues. Don’t fret. We’ll be fine, and you have the evenings to socialise :-)

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