The Crackup of the Affluent Class
12th February 2021
The pandemic has bifurcated Americans in multiple ways. For half of the country — heck, maybe closer to 60 percent — the pandemic has led to mass unemployment, or massive food lines or greater risks that come with having to work outside the home.
The rest of the country has had the ability to work from home. They are in the upper half of the K-shaped recovery. And yet it sure seems like those loudly complaining about hitting the pandemic wall right now are coming from this more affluent group. Why is that?
Because the Crust are a bunch of whiners.