Redpill me on season 2 of The Wire: More than ten years after

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Redpill me on season 2 of The Wire:

More than ten years after it aired, is David Simon's elegy to the blue collar American still relevant?

Did people like Frank Sobotka and that black guy he always butted heads with ruin everything for the next generation with their cronyism, or is there a legitimate reason why senior members deserve the first pick of the shifts?

Would Ziggy have been cut out for college? He seemed to be the only stevedore who knew how to work a digital camera, maybe there was a future for him as an early adapter to the changing times.

What happened to Delores and her bar, AKA the place where Frank laundered the ill-gotten cash through to the union guys who weren't getitng shifts so they could feed their families. Was she arrested as well? The show never mentioned it IIRC.

The IBS Local 1514 talk about the "good old days" constantly, but all of their stories seem horrific to an outsider. From some tragedy relating to an injury on the job, or a violent protest, to punishing their body with drugs and alcohol to no doubt numb their aching bodies. Could it be implied that moving away from humans doing manual labor is a good thing in the long run?

I finished the season for the 3rd time last night and am dealing with some powerful emotions today, with the failure of the American industrial force on Nicky Sobotka's shoulders. I have to know it will be okay.

Also, I was very upset that Nicky showed up in season 5 for two minutes, looking 10x more attractive and fit. Given his situation and prospects at the end of season 2, I was expecting him to look a lot fucking worse. In season 2 he looked like Nicky Sobotka. In season 5 he looked like an actor.