There will be a working class, and a leach class. It will forever define politics in the United States.
That's already the status quo. The consequences of coronavirus will only solidify this... just look at Amazon, they're taking over business from a lot of quarantine-closed small stores, no matter if food or non-food. Many people will stick with Amazon, Bezos gets all the money, and entire 'hoods will collapse once the lockdowns get lifted. The biggest companies have enough cash, access to cash or fire their employees to ride out the lockdowns, the small businesses will go belly up no matter how much "stimulus money" gets injected.
I rather suspect that there will be a third class, or to be more precise, it will become evident to everyone that this class exists: destitute people in yet-unknown masses. Dozens of millions of people in the US have claimed unemployment benefits. Give them a month or two to run out of savings and debt options, and they'll be unable to make rent, get evicted, you get the rest.
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That's already the status quo. The consequences of coronavirus will only solidify this... just look at Amazon, they're taking over business from a lot of quarantine-closed small stores, no matter if food or non-food. Many people will stick with Amazon, Bezos gets all the money, and entire 'hoods will collapse once the lockdowns get lifted. The biggest companies have enough cash, access to cash or fire their employees to ride out the lockdowns, the small businesses will go belly up no matter how much "stimulus money" gets injected.
I rather suspect that there will be a third class, or to be more precise, it will become evident to everyone that this class exists: destitute people in yet-unknown masses. Dozens of millions of people in the US have claimed unemployment benefits. Give them a month or two to run out of savings and debt options, and they'll be unable to make rent, get evicted, you get the rest.