I think it’s a sign that the social fabric is deteriorating from so many angles that as a society, we’ve become unable to cope with any hardship at all. There

I think it’s a sign that the social fabric is deteriorating from so many angles that as a society, we’ve become unable to cope with any hardship at all. There is no reason why covid shutdowns and school closures means children can’t socialize. You could easily get 2-3 kids together under one roof for 3, 4 or 5 days if they’ve been tested 24 hours before. Everyone goes home, 2-3 days later, rinse and repeat. Small controlled gatherings like this should have doable but everyone is always too damned busy all the time…we’ve come to rely on the school system for all of their social interactions and used the extra free time we got as parents to just “work more”. It’s very clear to me from covid that what actually needs to happen is for the world to collectively slow the fuck down a little. And I don’t mean wipe out all ambitions but like, figure out what we value as a society and codify it rather than worshipping this bizarre work culture we have in the west.