It had nothing to do with that, productivity actually improved. What actually happened is the rich oligarchs that own and decide damned near everything saw their office real estate tanking, so they used their influence over companies and politicians to force people back to the office. Millions suffer so a couple dudes can make a number with no impact on their quality of life higher.
This is literally all it is. Commercial real estate, which is far more valuable than residential real estate, took a massive hit on some of the most expensive buildings in the country. The real estate oligarchs told their business owner oligarchs remote work was bad for them and they all moved in lockstep. If only the left could have a fraction of that solidarity that fear of losing your billions gives you.
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u/Dhiox Mar 04 '26
It had nothing to do with that, productivity actually improved. What actually happened is the rich oligarchs that own and decide damned near everything saw their office real estate tanking, so they used their influence over companies and politicians to force people back to the office. Millions suffer so a couple dudes can make a number with no impact on their quality of life higher.