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Even your examples seem to acknowledge that getting back to the actual work is not what people are after. There are many drawbacks to a lockdown. Not having to
by black_puppydog 6y ago
Even your examples seem to acknowledge that getting back to the actual work is not what people are after.
There are many drawbacks to a lockdown. Not having to do the actual work, as some sort of guilt of not being a productive member of society, very rarely seems to be one of them.
What people want is financial and health security (which in the US are strongly linked), social interactions and some other liberties like working out and traveling.
The actual work aspect mostly benefits the owners of the businesses. And I can see that as a small business owner you'd be exposed to the same pressure for financial security, many times over.
But don't confuse "not wanting to stay at home with nothing to do and no clear idea of whether you'll even have a home in a month" with "wanting to work", it's not helpful in analyzing what's actually happening.
- mc32 6y agoWork benefits us all. If owners of enterprises, be they sole proprietorships, coöperatives, state owned, private, public corps, etc., didn’t employ people we wouldn’t have foods, medicines, goods and services. So it’s not only to have purchasing power but also to have things that one can purchase at all.
- black_puppydog 6y agoI never said work doesn't benefit others. It's just that that benefit to other people is usually not what drives people to demand an opening-up.
- abnry 6y ago"Want[ing] financial and health security" is a funny way to say "Wanting to be able to buy food and pay the rent." Not everyone has the luxury of a work at home job that allows them to put half of their salary in the bank each month.