• DarkCloud@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    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.

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      11 hours ago

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

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        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?

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          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