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You haven't really explained how the rich elites are benefiting from mask mandates and restaurant capacity limits. It's actually really annoying to rich people.

You haven't really explained how the rich elites are benefiting from mask mandates and restaurant capacity limits. It's actually really annoying to rich people. If you're suggesting that this was all a big opportunity to lay people off, well, the problem with this theory is that the economy has rebounded and (at least in Canada) we're back at full economic capacity and have re-hired everyone. > “Employment is now 102.1% above pre-pandemic levels and is among the highest in Canada. This means 56,000 more people are employed in B.C. today compared to before the pandemic. https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022JERI0001-000017 https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022JERI0001-000017 Dealing with the pandemic cost the government a fortune in new debt, which elites generally don't like. If the pandemic was some scheme by the ultra rich elites to enrich themselves they probably would have done nothing and let the poors die.

throw__away7391 5y ago
You're arguing that I'm claiming this was a premeditated attempt to crush small businesses, but that's clearly not the case. The pandemic response is likely a net loss, trillions has been spent, the opportunity costs are incalculable, the handful of upsides would have a lot to do to make up for this, but there are winners and losers and some of the winners are winning big. A large contingent of big winners from the pandemic are highly educated upper middle class social elite who tend to have a lot of assets that have dramatically appreciated in value, jobs that they are able to work from home, and work in industries that have benefited from shifts in spending resulting from the pandemic. This was not enough though, and they have now crafted a moral narrative around the necessity and efficacy of these measures that intentionally lack nuance or any consideration of the needs of people who aren't part of their cohort.

throw__away7391 5y ago

You're arguing that I'm claiming this was a premeditated attempt to crush small businesses, but that's clearly not the case. The pandemic response is likely a net loss, trillions has been spent, the opportunity costs are incalculable, the handful of upsides would have a lot to do to make up for this, but there are winners and losers and some of the winners are winning big. A large contingent of big winners from the pandemic are highly educated upper middle class social elite who tend to have a lot of assets that have dramatically appreciated in value, jobs that they are able to work from home, and work in industries that have benefited from shifts in spending resulting from the pandemic. This was not enough though, and they have now crafted a moral narrative around the necessity and efficacy of these measures that intentionally lack nuance or any consideration of the needs of people who aren't part of their cohort.