Of class and the Corona virus

Of class and the Corona virus....as the Tories tell us of their preparation to defend us from the coming plague causes questions to rise in my mind..

Yet no preparation is made to sustain then as they work and provide low skilled and low paid workers. Who will care, clean and cleanse those in isolation and quarantine? It will be the working class and those on zero hour contracts who will do that. On the cruise ships those in isolation and quarantine were served by the staff who were not. It was as if a chasm existed between those who served those in quarantine.. without quarantine themselves. If you serve and sustain you become invisible and beyond consideration of infection. We know that the stewards and the servants of the passengers are treated as if corona does not threaten them..will those who self isolate get paid? Will the Tories show that they are a people"s government? The market rules the concerns of the shareholders will always win. How will care home workers be protected? Who will be the victims ? Yes you are right the working class... 

The truth is that simply the need of capitalism and the market trumps all other considerations and concerns. It may be the greatest irony of all that a virus destroys late capitalism and globalisation . It was not peak oil that brought down late capitalism....it was the black swans of Corona landing..and it will be the working class, the migrant workers and those who work zero hour contracts that will be most at risk as they serve those who "must" self isolate and protect their masters...the bus drivers, the transport staff the street cleaners and the health workers nothing new there....nothing new under the Sun.

As I age and become my grandfather I glance back over the 100 years of my family history and the Socialist in me grows further and more powerful. Beyond middle class moderation and class my illusions are burnt away as reality dawns and Engels speaks out more relevant and brutal than ever...The greatest struggle is telling the truth to the oppressor..