This "angry business owner" is 100% correct that the government should have responded by giving every family enough to survive a long lock down. Instead, government policy funneled trillions in wealth to the already-wealthy. He's right to be angry
https://twitter.com/TarvariousWWMT/status/1334341498368897024
Even at the beginning, all the data suggested that simply giving people the financial means to self-isolate would go a long way toward decreasing the impacts of the virus. The government did the opposite, demanding partial, poorly targeted lock-downs without financial support
And the result? The virus spread quickly, more people died, many small companies have shuttered, public institutions like museums are closing. Meanwhile, the largest corporations—and their wealthy investors—reap massive rewards and expand their market share
The government could still do this. Biden could easily mandate a funded lock down. But he won't because his administration is already captured by elite interests. The only COVID policies we're likely to see are those that continue to funnel money upward. Makes me angry too
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