I'd be working if it wasn't for Long Covid that ripped me out of the workforce at least a decade before I would have thought possible in 2019. The segregation o

I'd be working if it wasn't for Long Covid that ripped me out of the workforce at least a decade before I would have thought possible in 2019. The segregation of society into "essential" and other workers didn't help matters either. We all saw that the essential workers who actually keep the lights on, store stocked, etc... get paid shit wages and are not shown any respect. We also learned that it's no necessary, and for the most part, a huge counterproductive scheme to have people crammed into offices after hours of commuting. So much wasted life force, money, fuel, all propping up a system that is infested with layers of grift. On top of this, as mentioned, the demographics are such that a lot of people were about to retire anyway. This just accelerated the timelines a bit. We're going to be in permanent labor shortage in the US for a few decades now, especially as deglobalization hits and we're rebuilding our manufacturing base here at home.