This reminds me of when they stopped to clap COVID nurses every day instead of paying them.
Don't clap. Pay.
@homeboysapiens Comments to farside.link/nitter/CBSNews/st… are on point, and I am particularly fond of the term "perseverance porn".
On another network there is a tag group "Dystopian late-stage capitalism horrors repackaged as heartwarming", but that's less punchy.
@clacke hah "Perseverance Porn" is a great name.