All that follows is simply an opinion. Take everything with a grain of salt. Feel free to discuss.

Human are social creatures and relationships is a basic human need. Where I am from, the government enforced a curfew and stopped people from having relationships with their loved one. Stories of people dying alone or women giving birth alone.

When basic needs aren't met, we revert to survival instincts and try to meet these needs. To me, that explains why people that were seemingly caring turned out to be dicks when their needs weren't met.

Shitty people were going to be shitty anyways.

For people that need less social interactions, it feels like it's fucking bonkers how people were getting desperate for social interactions and throwing caution to the wind. It felt like they were crazy.

Just like an hungry man in front of a plentiful buffet, these people tasted social interactions and told themselves never again!

It was a short time in history where less social people were better off than the rest. After covid brought a lot of tension because social persons clawed back at what was acquired by the less social people.

And to me, that explains a lot of what we saw and see right now.

And again, shitty people are gonna be shitty people regardless of the situation, so that observation doesn't apply to them.