• Hawke@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Nah, they need the workers to leech from. Think how much power the workers got from Covid as it was, losing less than 1% of the population; can you imagine how much in-demand labor would be with a 25% loss of supply?

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      7 days ago

      Huge boost for working people. People were able to negotiate for better pay, and travel to another employer if the pay was too low.

      It was a social revolution for the survivors.

      But it was more like a 50 to 60% reduction in supply. That Black Death did not mess around