A week later the shops will be opening up again. Roused from their slumber by the desperate state of capitalism. We have done well to reduce the cases of covid, but it's always going to be with us. The question is how much can we open before a new wave begins. If it does, how long before the government takes action? A subsequent wave, like the others, will likely take on an impetus of its own before those idiots do what's necessary. But the time they do it they'll be forced to take the action they procrastinated on anyway. It's lose lose.
What does this retail resurgence mean for society, gong forward? I fully expect the shops to be rammed when things open again. People are foolish, they will vomit forth demanding to be able to go anywhere and do anything. We know that if you give people a little, they will seek to take as much as they can, pushing the boundary of what is safe.
My concern is the lack of support going forward. People will be expected to work, expected to shop, and expected to behave as normal. As if an entire year of death and disaster hadn't happened. By all means keep washing your hands and wearing your mask, but don't expect any help if transitioning back to what they deem as normal will be made easier. Help, specifically of the financial kind, will be withdrawn as quickly as possible. Best grab hold of those bootstraps folks, it's going to be a long drop.
Solidarity with those protesting today. However....don't be a dick. Smashing yoru way into the cop shop isn't going to achieve anything. You'll likely have the cops harass you for the rest of your life in exchange for, well what exactly? Protest has to be smart, it has to be productive. I don't care if that means torching vans - or not, as the case may be - I care that the Tories are oppressing us and that we have to stop it.
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