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From what I can tell the actual weird part of covid-19 job losses is that the bullshit economy has continued unhindered - by going remote - and it is actually propping up the rest of the economy.

The white collar folks are just filing their TPS reports from home and it has tended to be the people who make or do concrete things who are impacted the most.

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As well as bullshit jobs there is a bullshit economy. This part of the economy is based on wants rather than needs. As soon as it became unsafe to participate in we collectively decided it wasn't very important at all.

This is the economy based on conspicuous consumption but there isn't much opportunity to be conspicuous right now. Nobody knows whether I'm wearing designer clothes at home or lounging around in my pyjamas.

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