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A lot of folks have older or at risk people living with them. How is it in any way fascism to leave a job where coworkers or customers are not required to wear

A lot of folks have older or at risk people living with them. How is it in any way fascism to leave a job where coworkers or customers are not required to wear masks?

replygirl 5y ago
on the first sentence: as a trans woman i often find my own identity deployed in this way--"but think of the [slightly marginalized token minority]!"--and i have no patience for that sort of thing. there are obviously exceptions to what people believe, but when speaking about our beliefs in brief, we all fall back onto generalizations. on your question: perhaps you misread, i didn't say it's fascistic to quit your job, i said "we live under a neoliberal order of punishment that's turning us into little fascists who need a bunch of rules to mediate all difference, discomfort, and suffering out of life", which is a pretty common view in the labor studies field as well as in antiauthoritarian labor communities. so i don't know what you're on about.
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freedomben 5y ago
I don't think GP meant it was fascism to quit. I think they were saying that nowadays people want the authority figures to make rules to keep others from doing things that they don't like. Kind of like home owners associations that make rules about the acceptable length of your blades of grass. But it's also possible GP was being sarcastic and mocking that view, so take with a grain of salt!
- replygirl 5y ago
  i'm being sincere, thanks for jumping in to clarify :) another way to look at it is i believe people are overly concerned with negative rights vs. positive rights
userbinator 5y ago
I don't think anyone was being prohibited from wearing a mask.
- detaro 5y ago
  I find the idea of employers prohibiting masks because it's "unfriendly" or otherwise upsetting customers (or managers, or coworkers) quite believable.
  - userbinator 5y ago
    If they quit for that reason, I don't think it'd be expressed as "didn’t enforce enough health and safety protocols".

A lot of folks have older or at risk people living with them. How is it in any way fascism to leave a job where coworkers or customers are not required to wear masks?

replygirl 5y ago

on the first sentence: as a trans woman i often find my own identity deployed in this way--"but think of the [slightly marginalized token minority]!"--and i have no patience for that sort of thing. there are obviously exceptions to what people believe, but when speaking about our beliefs in brief, we all fall back onto generalizations. on your question: perhaps you misread, i didn't say it's fascistic to quit your job, i said "we live under a neoliberal order of punishment that's turning us into little fascists who need a bunch of rules to mediate all difference, discomfort, and suffering out of life", which is a pretty common view in the labor studies field as well as in antiauthoritarian labor communities. so i don't know what you're on about.

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freedomben 5y ago

I don't think GP meant it was fascism to quit. I think they were saying that nowadays people want the authority figures to make rules to keep others from doing things that they don't like. Kind of like home owners associations that make rules about the acceptable length of your blades of grass. But it's also possible GP was being sarcastic and mocking that view, so take with a grain of salt!

replygirl 5y ago
i'm being sincere, thanks for jumping in to clarify :) another way to look at it is i believe people are overly concerned with negative rights vs. positive rights

userbinator 5y ago

I don't think anyone was being prohibited from wearing a mask.

detaro 5y ago
I find the idea of employers prohibiting masks because it's "unfriendly" or otherwise upsetting customers (or managers, or coworkers) quite believable.
- userbinator 5y ago
  If they quit for that reason, I don't think it'd be expressed as "didn’t enforce enough health and safety protocols".