White-collar workers temporarily enjoyed unprecedented power during the pandemic to decide where and how they worked.

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    1 year ago

    I don’t think it’s ok to post and share inflammatory bullshit to further your agenda, regardless of whether or not I agree with that agenda.

    Unfortunately in this case yes, there is a meaningful difference. At a very high level, jobs and the economy are tied to markets. A major upset like a crash in one sector can cause a domino effect as debt goes uncollected and collateral becomes worthless, remember the 2008 housing/financial crisis? Now I’m speculating here, but given that even the US federal government has a vested interest in employees returning to the office, I’m willing to bet that there’s a lot more tied up in there than we realize. Corporations and financial institutions fuck up and the working class pays for it.

    Don’t mistake logical thinking for apathy though, it is bullshit and you should be mad, but without understanding the actual working mechanics you’re just giving ragebait articles more clicks. Without spreading the actual source of the problem it’ll never be fixed. I’m personally not content with just shouting “eat the rich” over and over on the internet and hoping something changes.