1) Economic "good times" under capitalism are a result of people buying stuff.
2) In order to prevent the virus from spreading, there has been lockdowns and people have been going out less.
3) Due to decreased demand, companies either go bankrupt or fire a bunch of employees.
4) Either way, employees become unemployed and get no wages which leads to less consumption.
5) Saving people from dying from Corona therefore hurts a lot of workers under capitalism.
Sidenote: unemployment is stupid because the only reasons they're not doing any work are that 1) it's not "profitable" to employ them and 2) their basic needs aren't being fulfilled since under capitalism your have to work in order to then get the resources you want.
Under anarchism, profit doesn't exist and production won't automatically stop just because there's less consumption, not to mention that people will receive resources without having to work.
Are my views flawed? I'm asking because, based on a few searches on the web, I haven't seen leftwingers make the point that I've made here. If the point is valid, isn't it a pretty good argument in favour of societies where there's production for use and not for profit?
I don’t think what you’ve written is totally wrong but the first points can read as a bit underconsumptionist. Let me know if you’d like me to expand.