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We had more than 1 million, mostly older experienced workers die from covid. Why is anyone surprised we have a labor shortage?
by mempko 3y ago
We had more than 1 million, mostly older experienced workers die from covid. Why is anyone surprised we have a labor shortage?
- bugglebeetle 3y agoBecause pretending that happened and is still happening would be contrary to the narrative that labor (vs. Capital) needs to be reigned in to make the economy broadly functional again. Inflation is being driven by corporate price gouging and labor shortages (outside of those resulting from the pandemic) are being driven by the wildly unequal distribution of returns to owners vs workers. COVID’s on track to kill another 200K people in the US this year, plus cause serious health problems for who knows how many more, so I don’t expect any of this to abate. They’ll just keep jacking up interest rates and screaming “NOBODY WANTS TO WORK ANYMORE” until the whole thing implodes.
- mempko 3y agoThis ^, exactly this ^