The rich got richer with the pandemic, and the poor got poorer

 Ruben Alexis Hernandez

Although it is hard to believe, in the midst of the global crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, characterized by the notable increase in unemployment, poverty and misery, the richest people in the world have become even richer. Now, in reality, this is not something casual, considering, for example, that some of the greatest increases in fortunes were achieved by individuals directly linked to the technological-computer-communicational and pharmaceutical sectors, who benefited from the advance in digitalization of society and with the development of anticovid "vaccines and medicines", respectively. Furthermore, these super-rich were involved in the origin and global spread of the coronavirus infection, knowing that they would benefit in various ways from the government's handling of the pandemic. They are the globalists at the head of the totalitarian digital corporocracy in the process of consolidation.

Below is an excerpt from a text by the journalist of United States Amy Goodman, author of the Democracy Now column, in which she refers to the relevant increase in the fortunes of a minority and the notable decrease in the income of the vast majority, in full pandemic by COVID-19:

“The organization Oxfam reported this week that the ten richest men in the world doubled their wealth during the pandemic – from 700 billion to 1.5 trillion dollars. while the income of 99% of the world's population decreased. The organization stated in this regard: "Growing economic, gender and racial inequalities, as well as the inequity that exists between countries, are destroying our world." Meanwhile, the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, which is usually held in the city of Davos, is being held virtually for the second year in a row due to the pandemic. Millionaires and billionaires are traditionally invited to the Davos conference to contribute their thoughts and insights on current issues, from catastrophic climate change to COVID-19. Beyond what is being discussed in this virtual forum, Oxfam points out that, in the real world, inequality kills one person every four seconds.

Economic inequality also plagues the United States. Bishop William Barber (…) has consolidated the legacy of Martin Luther King for years and affirms that the path to progressive change lies in organizing poor and low-income people. Barber juxtaposes the rapid passage of business-friendly coronavirus relief packages in Congress with the recent failure to pass the Build Back Better public spending plan and voting rights bills:

‘When it comes to companies, they get everything they ask for. They wanted four or five billion dollars, and they got four or five billion dollars. Billionaires made $2 trillion in the first 20 months of the coronavirus pandemic and continue to add to their fortunes. When it comes to issues like poverty and the right to vote, first of all, we bifurcate those issues in a way that oppressive forces never bifurcate them. Then we make concessions again and again instead of fighting [for what we claim]. In the long run, if we are not careful, it will be as if Frederick Douglass, in his fight against slavery, had settled for just a long weekend instead of ultimate emancipation and freedom.

The COVID-19 pandemic has deepened inequality on a global scale (…)-

The profits produced by the vaccines have generated at least nine new billionaires linked to the companies Moderna and BioNTech, as well as the Chinese pharmaceutical company CanSino. These people add between them a new wealth of more than 19,000 million dollars, according to the Vaccine Alliance for the People. Eight other billionaires who invested in these corporations also made a combined $32 billion extra fortune. According to Oxfam, the companies Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna – or ‘NIH-Moderna’, as Public Citizen calls it – earn 1,000 dollars per second (…)”.