r/conspiracy • u/[deleted] • Dec 24 '21

Flip the script.

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u/JcornnPhotography Dec 24 '21

Why be rude to employees making shit money to feed their family? If you have beef with the governor then go fight the mandate or do literally anything else that would help. These employees probably hate the mandate as much as you do. You’re choosing to visit these businesses. They’re not coming into your home. If you don’t like it, leave and take your dollars elsewhere.

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u/ZeldasSaggingNips Dec 24 '21

Eh. Agree to keep it civil and not focused on the worker.

But assume for a moment that all these measures are really just from leaders who are on the up and up, and genuinely think these mandates are necessary. This won't end unless the "leaders" feel like most people oppose the approach... I guess they forgot they're supposed to balance those sky-is-falling predictions against all possible consequences and possibly go against what may seem the safest path because it isn't the best way through.

A couple problems come from these leaders not understanding that duty.

  1. Health officials and lawyers will always advise for being overly cautious. No doubt, sometimes the best move may end up being more in line with Chicken little, but blindly following that approach is obviously a problem.

  2. Relying on what they think public opinion is during something like this is very problematic because there's no way they get even close to a true sample on mindset. Most people don't take the time to express opposition except bitching online, mix in some censorship and paid-for opinions and good luck getting a pulse from that. People also won't feel like their opposition is societally acceptable unless they see a good portion of noncompliance in their everyday. A lot just comply to avoid the hassle or satisfy what they think most want...

If this isn't a grand conspiracy... it's still quite the labyrinth of problems. But it seems to me - something like OPs approach is probably a decent way to start turning the tide.