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>>onewho+(OP)
This pandemic could possibly be an historical event for labor policy in the U.S. akin to the miner's strikes in the early 1900s. Laying the groundwork for labor protections, unions and the New Deal.

https://www.iup.edu/archives/coal/unions-and-mining/the-coal...

https://iup.edu/archives/coal/unions-and-mining/the-windber-...

>>jdkee+K9
Let's hope so, but frankly I doubt it. I see more concentrated wealth/power in fewer hands after this turns around.

I really truly hope all the light this pandemic sheds on huge systemic issues in this country are realized by the population at large and acted upon.

The sad state of healthcare in the US being the most obvious issues on the forefront, but also the decline of labor in general, rampant cronyism, and disgusting societal priorities/incentives favoring concentrated economic growth above all else. A vibrant economy is important but it's not the most important aspect of a society, not when it comes at a cost of physical/mental health and pitiful standards of living for massive portions of the population.

>>Frost1+kc
I was born in the early 90s so I don't think I don't think I'll ever understand the earlier 20th century on a personal/emotional level, but do older folks feel that some of these issues are neoliberal attitudes becoming a bit long in the tooth? I feel like they've likely resulted in a lot of growth, but the pain points of their paradigms are starting to seem really apparent to me.

I can understand how those visions of the world felt fresh a few decades after the New Deal, Keynesian economics, etc. (especially due to big events like hyperinflation or the oil shock). These days though whenever I hear a neoliberal demagogue online saying that we need to press the gas pedal of the market to the floor and it feels so tone-deaf. I can't tell if it's my lack of experience or I'm looking at the progressive era and New Deal with rose-tinted glasses.