9/11 brought billions of money to the rich and was a good excuse to arm the government to better oppress the working class.
Covid was the same.
I dont see your problem. /s
What I’m trying to say is all of this is just a way to maximize power at the top, always has been.
Please join unions and vote left.
except most unions aren’t doing shit for covid workplace safety. that doesn’t mean unions are bad, just ignorant
Unions would do that if more people who cared about it joined unions and pushed for it. Unions only work if you’re actively doing stuff in them. It’s democracy, it only works so long as you partake.
OK, let’s say I’m disabled and I wanna partake in said democracy. I show up to the union meeting and everyone is unmasked, there’s no air filtration or ventilation. am I just supposed to put myself at risk of infection until the union members get their shit together? that might take months to years during which I can’t afford to be repeatedly reinfected.
this is not hypothetical, I’ve been part of multiple leftist spaces where my only options are to leave or to put myself at risk of harassment when I hand everyone N95s because I’m being “pushy”.
Mm. You’re describing someone very dear to me, because of whom I wear an n95 mask every day.
People you describe fight an uphill battle, and I don’t see that changing anytime soon. They can ask for accommodations, but a lot of people won’t meet them. Meetings can be held digitally, of course, and one can advocate for oneself digitally as well. In time they can hope to win allies, and with them also get advocates that are willing to help amplify their voice.
I’m sorry, but I don’t have any good solutions. The world is neither kind or fair, the best we can hope for is to build communities with people that empathise and see us.
I wish you the very best.
