"Total average household wealth grew by 10.4% in inflation-adjusted terms for those at the bottom, but increased by 20.6% for those in the fourth income quintile and by 18.2% for households in the top 20%." - Forbes
"A recent analysis by the Penn Wharton Budget Model found that low- and middle-income households spent about 7% more in 2021 for the same products they bought in 2020 or in 2019. That translates into about $3,500 for the average household." - CNBC
In other words, rich asset-holders won during the pandemic, whereas everyone else suffered. The working class was:
- locked down
- made to wear masks
- told to suffer for two weeks
- financially destroyed if they owned a storefront
- saw their kids' education held back
- had their $1,200 check wiped out by inflation
- was forced to incur a medical treatment
- saw two separate societies created for people: the fully vacc'd (this def is changing) and the unvacc'd
If someone said to you, I need to borrow your car for 2 weeks and didn't return it for 2 years, at what point does it dawn on you that your car has been stolen?