Sometimes I wonder if the #COVID19 response has been lackluster because the powers that be are trying desperately to keep things the way they are. Maybe this is exactly the catalyst needed to take into consideration the things that don't work in our society and change (thread)

things for the better. Millennials have been screaming for years about a lack of affordable housing, a rapidly impending climate crisis, and a slew of other issues that, from what I've seen, have been forcibly addressed due to lockdowns everywhere. Remote work has (thread)

suddenly become possible for multiple industries, reducing pollution and forcing automotive manufacturers to look in the direction of alternative fuels. Rent freezes and mortgage deferrals have been offered to support people who have lost income, standing off against (thread)

high-cost housing owned by those who take advantage of a housing system that allows them to purchase and charge freely what they want for property. People's lives have become more than their 9-5 out of sheer necessity. We're now all teachers and caregivers and (thread)

environmental activists and social justice warriors. All of these things challenge the way the world was, and rally generations together for a new way to do things.

Let's fucking change the world and never go back to the way things were. (End thread)