The lockdown accomplished many of the elites' goals all at once.

We should have only used lockdowns sparingly. And none of the social engineering (plexiglass between every cashier and customer in the country in a single week?) needed to happen. Sweden's got it right. No lockdown, limited social distancing, educate and empower the public. They're still working, eating out, seeing family and friends, etc. They had what amounted to a bad flu season, basically, and now they're on the mend while the rest of us face down a "second wave that will be worse than the first" (according to mainstream media).