Sure, job security for many has collapsed in a way that makes traditional jobs less appealing. That's a good insight. But "everybody wants to follow their dreams and go into business for themselves!" is sort of an LOL Hacker News caricature. Low-wage workers already knew they had no job security. They didn't need a pandemic and recession to show them that.

What I want to know is why aren't wages going up? Isn't that the textbook free market thing that should happen when the entire economy is having trouble hiring?