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a disturbance in the Force
2020-Mar-17, Tuesday 08:57 pmHush.
Be still.
Do you sense it?
Is the hair on the back of your neck standing up?
The shrine to capitalism has closed.
https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2020/03/mall-of-america-will-close-through-at-least-march-31/
Almost 1/5 of workers are losing their jobs (and therefore any health insurance they might have had, because for inexplicable reasons it is employment in the USA that determines healthcare accessibility).
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-03-17/coronavirus-layoffs-work-hours-jobs
Republicans have discovered the joys of Universal Basic Income.
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/3/16/21181872/mitt-romney-ubi-coronavirus-economic-plan-andrew-yang
It's like millions of progressive voices cried out and were consistently ignored.
Be still.
Do you sense it?
Is the hair on the back of your neck standing up?
The shrine to capitalism has closed.
https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2020/03/mall-of-america-will-close-through-at-least-march-31/
Almost 1/5 of workers are losing their jobs (and therefore any health insurance they might have had, because for inexplicable reasons it is employment in the USA that determines healthcare accessibility).
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-03-17/coronavirus-layoffs-work-hours-jobs
Republicans have discovered the joys of Universal Basic Income.
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/3/16/21181872/mitt-romney-ubi-coronavirus-economic-plan-andrew-yang
It's like millions of progressive voices cried out and were consistently ignored.