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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In Capitalism, the death of 1/4 of the population would just further concentrate the wealth at the top.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

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