Not surprising the writer completely omits the redistribution of wealth the pandemic has enabled. Arguing against increase in minimum wage, wealth taxes and pandemic stimulus checks, he ends his article with "when everyone gets a trophy, no one gets a trophy".

The oligarchy [1] has certainly gotten a lot of trophies this year and shall continue. Didn't register on his radar.

[1] The US is dominated by a rich and powerful elite. Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organised groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on US government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence.

"Testing theories of American politics: Elites, interest groups, and average citizens" Gilens, Page,2014, over 2k citations.