Thread by @mindgomes

Just as the minimum wage security-guard was the first line of defense during the 9/11 Era, so too is the minimum wage store-clerk during the Covid Era. Like, you’re going to invest yourself in this fascism for chump change? What are you getting out of being a little Brownshirt?

I went to a local liquor store and walked in with my mask down (even though Chicago has a mandatory mask policy): this is my new tactic to see how long I can go without getting accosted. I didn’t get 10 feet inside before a store clerk inquired if I had a mask. “Oh! I forgot!” +

I pulled up my buff but only over my mouth. I got what I needed and proceeded to checkout. The clerk at the register was busy arranging bags so I began some chitchat: “Busy day?” He was masked/behind plexiglass when he finally looked up and saw me: “Can you pull your mask up?” +

“Oops! It must’ve slipped down!”
“Oh that happens all the time” he replied.

I wouldn’t mind if these fellow workers (who need to work) didn’t take mask enforcement so seriously; I could understand if a store manager approached me for not wearing a mask, but a fellow worker?

I think it’s a rough gauge of how workers will go along with the flow and do whatever; I don’t think they’d be reprimanded for not accosting a customer for not wearing a mask. Is it also their job to *enforce* a City mandate? Don’t they realize the long-term consequences of this?

I believe it also shows the depth of media propaganda saturation as well as a lack of class consciousness among workers. Those with an elevated consciousness can see the deleterious effects of these mandates, with one of the biggest being that they will never go away.