> We’d love the luxury of lots of coffee shops, start-ups, self-employed fringe service gigs, but at a moment’s notice you can take all that away and it’s fine.

> We’d love the luxury of lots of coffee shops, start-ups, self-employed fringe service gigs, but at a moment’s notice you can take all that away and it’s fine. Those weren’t ever really real jobs, just floating “good times” jobs already not factored in much to stock market speculation or core economic growth and productivity. If I were the devil, I wouldn't want you for an advocate. I'm also pretty sure you don't mean to sound like a fool or a wretch, but here it is: in the UK, SME's (under 50 employees, ie the businesses most likely to die during the lockdown/ consequent upfuckery) make up fully three fifths of the employment base, and around half of turnover in the private sector. Not real jobs? Not core? FFS. https://www.fsb.org.uk/uk-small-business-statistics.html https://www.fsb.org.uk/uk-small-business-statistics.html