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I have spent the bulk of my work life bored and frustrated. I have done some unpleasant and dangerous jobs. I certainly haven't always been happy about it, but I've always been a productive member of society, if only for the pragmatic reason that I prefer to have a place to live and food to eat. I also have a solid work ethic and need to provide for my family.
I worked through the entire pandemic, aside from a few initial weeks when everything was closed, while others sheltered in place and made a ton of money from unemployment and government benefits, or worked comfortably from home. I did this because it was what was asked and required of me, to continue to provide for myself and my family. My employer did take the opportunity to cancel my insurance because I wasn't at work for a few weeks though. It was about eight months before I was able to get coverage again.
I did my boss's job for over a year, with a skeleton crew, with no extra compensation, to save the company I work for money, and to protect her because she is considered medically vulnerable. I probably contracted, and recovered from, Covid-19.
Now I am being told that I can no longer work, no longer support myself and my family, because I do not wish to have an experimental drug injected into my body. This experimental drug has failed to prevent people from getting Covid-19, and has failed to prevent people who get the shot from spreading the disease. This experimental drug was rushed onto the market, and anyone who questions any of the official narratives about it is censored on social media, which amounts to the online marketplace of ideas. This is authoritarian, tyrannical, fascist, and evil.
Half of the country is more than fine with this. Ironically, it is the same half that continuously, hysterically cried about everything Donald Trump said, did, or tweeted. He failed thoroughly at being a dictator, but the Democrat regime's puppet is doing a bang-up job.
I worked through the entire pandemic, aside from a few initial weeks when everything was closed, while others sheltered in place and made a ton of money from unemployment and government benefits, or worked comfortably from home. I did this because it was what was asked and required of me, to continue to provide for myself and my family. My employer did take the opportunity to cancel my insurance because I wasn't at work for a few weeks though. It was about eight months before I was able to get coverage again.
I did my boss's job for over a year, with a skeleton crew, with no extra compensation, to save the company I work for money, and to protect her because she is considered medically vulnerable. I probably contracted, and recovered from, Covid-19.
Now I am being told that I can no longer work, no longer support myself and my family, because I do not wish to have an experimental drug injected into my body. This experimental drug has failed to prevent people from getting Covid-19, and has failed to prevent people who get the shot from spreading the disease. This experimental drug was rushed onto the market, and anyone who questions any of the official narratives about it is censored on social media, which amounts to the online marketplace of ideas. This is authoritarian, tyrannical, fascist, and evil.
Half of the country is more than fine with this. Ironically, it is the same half that continuously, hysterically cried about everything Donald Trump said, did, or tweeted. He failed thoroughly at being a dictator, but the Democrat regime's puppet is doing a bang-up job.