danilo, 4 months ago Obviously the first months of Covid were miserable, sometimes lethal, and for many utterly terrifying in their economic precarity. But there are some fleeting aspects I am nostalgic for. Specifically, the idea that human life was more important than the machinery of capital. That work should stop, and the people should be cared for. The recognition of certain work as essential, and of housing as a right. The sense of possibility in renegotiating the social bargain.
Obviously the first months of Covid were miserable, sometimes lethal, and for many utterly terrifying in their economic precarity.
But there are some fleeting aspects I am nostalgic for.
Specifically, the idea that human life was more important than the machinery of capital. That work should stop, and the people should be cared for.
The recognition of certain work as essential, and of housing as a right.
The sense of possibility in renegotiating the social bargain.
kickingvegas, 4 months ago @danilo This Arundhati Roy essay from 2020 (almost four years ago!) covering this thread still lives rent free in my head. https://www.ft.com/content/10d8f5e8-74eb-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca
@danilo This Arundhati Roy essay from 2020 (almost four years ago!) covering this thread still lives rent free in my head. https://www.ft.com/content/10d8f5e8-74eb-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca
danilo, 4 months ago Incredible how the pendulum has swung from those early days of precaution and care. I mean, for a moment, we nearly eradicated childhood poverty in the US But those with power just let it come back.
Incredible how the pendulum has swung from those early days of precaution and care.
I mean, for a moment, we nearly eradicated childhood poverty in the US
But those with power just let it come back.
wlonk, 4 months ago @danilo “let” feels too passive for what they did, to me.
@danilo “let” feels too passive for what they did, to me.
danilo, 4 months ago @wlonk true enough, though most of my rage is reserved for those who could have fought for this but didn’t It’s the passive fuckers I loathe most
@wlonk true enough, though most of my rage is reserved for those who could have fought for this but didn’t
It’s the passive fuckers I loathe most
foolishowl, 4 months ago @danilo It sounds like the pattern Rebecca Solnit described in A Paradise Built in Hell. Power is disrupted, people spontaneously organize, the old powers panic, and violently reimpose their order.
@danilo It sounds like the pattern Rebecca Solnit described in A Paradise Built in Hell. Power is disrupted, people spontaneously organize, the old powers panic, and violently reimpose their order.
danilo, 4 months ago @foolishowl sounds about right The George Floyd protests scared the elites something fierce
@foolishowl sounds about right
The George Floyd protests scared the elites something fierce
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