Yeah kinda. But for the billionaire class, covid lockdowns were a boon. Their collective wealth utterly exploded as something like 30% of small businesses went under.
Want to buy a tool, or something? You couldn’t go to the local store. But you could order from Amazon or go to Walmart or Lowes.
And every single modern billionaire has been created, nurtured and fed on massive amounts of Federal money and preferential legal treatment compared to small businesses.
Call it what you will, fascism, corporatism, mixed economy, welfare capitalism, crony capitalism etc.
The bottom line is that there is a vicious war on against the middle class.
The apologetics do not change that.
This.