Virus#26: Chapter 18: lessons learnt from the COVIDs collateral damages the loss of employment and the rise of extremism and violence

Chapter 18 “Lessons Learnt From the COVIDs: collateral damages; the death of employment and the rise of extremism and violence”

The closures of the economies led to the “root of all evil” and that was the closure of the economy aside for what might be called an “essential business”. The effect was mass unemployment. This created enormous anxiety amongst the working population in Western countries that were already living on the edge with a huge debt to income ratio. Yes there were governmental programs that offered financial assistance which was far less than the lost income. A gigantic wave of anxiety swept the working public. Yes, the banks were understanding initially then they moved in like sharks ripping the indebted into bloody shreds. Seems they failed to understand that you can’t draw blood from a stone.

Even the reopening of economies could not replace the jobs that were lost. Simply because the economy reopened did not mean businesses reopened. There was enough government money to power through to the end of the COVIDs but after the well ran dry by the time Virus # 26 started to rip through the globe the government rescue taps were starting to turn off.

A gigantic wave of mental illness roared through the working population. Anxiety was off the scale. Depression mounted. Suicides became a regular occurrence. Big Pharma was raking it in with anti-depressants and amongst those hardworking people all hope seemed to have been robbed.

Extremism started its foundational growth initially with a whole series of “Fuck The Vulnerable” movement and then a similar “Fuck the 1 %” movement. Break-ins of the upper-class mansions were common and increasingly violent. There was a near coup in the United States in 2021 by right wing nationalists and extremists led by Kim Jong Trump. People started dressing down and selling off luxury cars to avoid being attacked. Biker gangs were employed by neighbourhood groups for protection. The 1% were quaking in their boots and were organizing themselves into “Save Capitalism Militias”. The W From Home mentality now turned into a necessity as a trip downtown to the office invited armed robbery in metropolitan centres.

The 1% looked increasingly to the military for protection. Several Amazon warehouses in the United States were torched and firebombs lobbed at Walmart headquarters in the United States. But as the military had been largely reduced to due lack of funding and decimated because of its forced conscription into long term care facilities it looked as if a military coup to protect the 1% was not coming too soon.