Anybody else notice that things really changed after the Covid Pandemic?

I don't know but to me it seems that the pandemic was the point of no return for the world, people seeming to have lost their minds, the world and America as a whole being too soft on crime which allowed it to Skyrocket and just straight up weird shit going on. don't get me wrong the world was messed up before but at least there was some version of Order. and the biggest kick in the pants all this INFLATION!!!!! which wouldn't be so bad if companies stopped being greedy and raise our wages.

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ViciDraco · 41-45, M

Can you be more specific about the nature of crime you believe is getting worse? Carjackings and phone/internet scams are up compared to pre-covid. Most other categories of crime are either flat or down for most localities in the US. There are some exceptions, but the average is a decline in crime.

Inflation isn't a crime, but pairing supply chain crunches with greedy opportunism didn't help. We actually did really well in the US. Our inflation was much lower than most of the developed world. For those who didn't get matching wage increases, that's little comfort though. Even though we did a better job managing it than everyone else doesn't put food on everyone's plate.

People are a little ruder and have given up some common social graces, but that's the biggest real change I've seen. But, I was fortunate enough to get cost of living increases in my job.