There is no doubt in my mind that what we were as a society before the virus and what we will be after will be vastly different. For one thing the horrible experiment of trump will be over and with that a new sense of hope will replace him. Enough hope that the disregard for social necessities will be reduced and the idea that we all deserve a better society will have taken root. I doubt anyone could argue against a national health care plan with any reasonable sense as we see the devastation of the virus and it's exposure to not only our bodies but to the concept that the free market should control health care.
There is the first hand knowledge now that we are all interconnected and that as the least of us suffers the whole of us is effected. As well the importance of whose job is worthy has shifted. I have always said that every job of needed function is noble. There is no disgrace in any job opportunity to keep our society functioning and maintained. The time for a living increase to the minimum wage should not be as controversial as before the virus as we now depend so much on our service industries to keep us safe from ruination. A society that sees all with respect and of importance will be a thriving society that has, generally, the best of human behaviors as examples.
The old interests of racial/gender segregation and class distinction will be less defended and more circumspect in their flaunting. A new paradigm of cooperation and coordination among us will likely be the fallout and for that I am confident. The wealthy would be wise to change their behaviors now while there is a pause in our modernity and start to reflect the newly found, always deserved, respect for all who make our society possible. This isn't the wild west of the republican survival of the fittest crowd. It is an enlightened movement that wants more out of life than just to beat someone else out of some gain. We all need to survive within our democracy and although we have made it this far we were due for an unpleasant upheaval. This virus has unwittingly supplied that and now we need to seize the opportunity and improve our laws while reinvigorating our social progress in all areas.
There is the first hand knowledge now that we are all interconnected and that as the least of us suffers the whole of us is effected. As well the importance of whose job is worthy has shifted. I have always said that every job of needed function is noble. There is no disgrace in any job opportunity to keep our society functioning and maintained. The time for a living increase to the minimum wage should not be as controversial as before the virus as we now depend so much on our service industries to keep us safe from ruination. A society that sees all with respect and of importance will be a thriving society that has, generally, the best of human behaviors as examples.
The old interests of racial/gender segregation and class distinction will be less defended and more circumspect in their flaunting. A new paradigm of cooperation and coordination among us will likely be the fallout and for that I am confident. The wealthy would be wise to change their behaviors now while there is a pause in our modernity and start to reflect the newly found, always deserved, respect for all who make our society possible. This isn't the wild west of the republican survival of the fittest crowd. It is an enlightened movement that wants more out of life than just to beat someone else out of some gain. We all need to survive within our democracy and although we have made it this far we were due for an unpleasant upheaval. This virus has unwittingly supplied that and now we need to seize the opportunity and improve our laws while reinvigorating our social progress in all areas.
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