Disposable People
An executive order was signed on Tuesday to reopen the meat processing plants that have been ravaged by Coronavirus.
The plants haven’t been ravaged though...
...the people who work there have.
And yes, America needs to be fed, and the economy must open up, but if they’re reopening the plants, surely those who fear the virus or are vulnerable will be protected, right?
Safeguards will most certainly be put into play to ensure worker safety, right?
Right?
Wrong!
Two other items made the news to piggy back on that executive order that forces the plants open.
First, liability.
The company wanted assurances that when the worker gets sick and maybe dies that the company won’t be liable.
Secondly, unemployment.
That’s off the table.
The plant is open, and if you don’t show up because maybe you have someone at home that is vulnerable, or maybe because you don’t want to freaking die...
...tough shit.
Unemployment benefits are not an option.
So, add up those three tidbits of news and what you have are people being forced back into a work environment that has proven to be a breeding ground for the virus, and you can now choose between a death by virus or a death by starvation and oh yeah, if you get it:
Don’t blame us!
I read the lowlights of that decision and I immediately thought of those ridiculous rallies where the man who takes his morning dump on a gold toilet seat pretended that he was all for the working men and women of this country.
Listen, it’s no surprise. I have been saying it for 30 years now...
...Donald Trump wouldn’t cross the street to piss on a poor man who was on fire. He couldn’t care even a little if you can’t afford your mortgage.
He thinks middle class and lower class people are failures.
They’re tools for rich people to control.
That’s it.
They asked him if he reached out to any of the families of those who lost someone to the virus. He answered by talking about kids needing to get back to school.
Hundreds of people got sick in those meat processing plants. The virus spread like wild fire.
The king ordered them open!
There was zero talk of protection for those who have to head in and do the job.
Nope!
Instead, they took care of the pesky liability issue and made sure that the people return by taking away their one viable option to protect themselves.
The cruelty is the point.
Those people are going to return in fear, they won’t be properly protected and many will get sick and some will die.
Disposable.
That’s how they’re counted...
...when the grand leader has spoken.
And you know what the kicker is???
Some of those same people will vote for Trump again...
...and against their own right to life and liberty.
The plants haven’t been ravaged though...
...the people who work there have.
And yes, America needs to be fed, and the economy must open up, but if they’re reopening the plants, surely those who fear the virus or are vulnerable will be protected, right?
Safeguards will most certainly be put into play to ensure worker safety, right?
Right?
Wrong!
Two other items made the news to piggy back on that executive order that forces the plants open.
First, liability.
The company wanted assurances that when the worker gets sick and maybe dies that the company won’t be liable.
Secondly, unemployment.
That’s off the table.
The plant is open, and if you don’t show up because maybe you have someone at home that is vulnerable, or maybe because you don’t want to freaking die...
...tough shit.
Unemployment benefits are not an option.
So, add up those three tidbits of news and what you have are people being forced back into a work environment that has proven to be a breeding ground for the virus, and you can now choose between a death by virus or a death by starvation and oh yeah, if you get it:
Don’t blame us!
I read the lowlights of that decision and I immediately thought of those ridiculous rallies where the man who takes his morning dump on a gold toilet seat pretended that he was all for the working men and women of this country.
Listen, it’s no surprise. I have been saying it for 30 years now...
...Donald Trump wouldn’t cross the street to piss on a poor man who was on fire. He couldn’t care even a little if you can’t afford your mortgage.
He thinks middle class and lower class people are failures.
They’re tools for rich people to control.
That’s it.
They asked him if he reached out to any of the families of those who lost someone to the virus. He answered by talking about kids needing to get back to school.
Hundreds of people got sick in those meat processing plants. The virus spread like wild fire.
The king ordered them open!
There was zero talk of protection for those who have to head in and do the job.
Nope!
Instead, they took care of the pesky liability issue and made sure that the people return by taking away their one viable option to protect themselves.
The cruelty is the point.
Those people are going to return in fear, they won’t be properly protected and many will get sick and some will die.
Disposable.
That’s how they’re counted...
...when the grand leader has spoken.
And you know what the kicker is???
Some of those same people will vote for Trump again...
...and against their own right to life and liberty.
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