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The Processes and Lingual Tells of the Coming Tyranny
“At present, a person’s fully vaccinated status cannot expire and is unrelated to boosters.”
This last week it was the airlines. Today’s headlines point towards a spread to the aerospace unions:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1449106483619135488
[H/T: OffThePress.com]
Time will tell if there is more to this than just smoke. For what it is worth, I suspect it is going to take a lot of smoke, if not some fire, to get the “progressives” to turn back now that they are so close to their totalitarian prize.
To recap, an Executive Order mandates sweeping changes to all current and future contracts for those who do any business at all with the American National Government. Contractors must comply (i.e. force their employees to get the vaccine) in order to continue to be contactors. In contrast to the snail-like pace of the regulatory bodies, all contracting agencies jump into action and have contract modifications out for signature in a flash.
For some this is a no-brainer, their only customer is the USG. For others, this may be only a percentage of their bottom line but the threat (i.e., to future bail-outs, etc.) is not hidden at all. Most contractors make the reflexive move to comply…it is business you know. And compliance means not only the contractor to the USG but all of the subcontractors to the contractor to the USG must be in compliance also. And, barring any real pushback by We the People, all will be complete — the voluntary compliance by entire industries — in less than three months from the release of the EO. No checks, no balances.
(SIDE NOTE: It was also interesting to watch as contractors in Texas appeared to NOT take the lifeline extended by the Governor to at least give the appearance of pushing back for their employees. I suspect they take the implied threat — or stated threat behind closed doors — to not make waves seriously. The Governor will likely lose — seeing as Texas has already been informed by SCOTUS that they do not have standing in this Republic — so why would anyone on a corporate executive leadership team risk their phony-baloney jobs on such a ploy for liberty. But, I digress.)
So, in summary: Entire industries will be contractually obligated to ensure that their entire workforce and the entire workforce of everyone they subcontract to is fully compliant with whatever the President says is the current “fully vaccinated status” for COVID-19 as determined and adjusted frequently by the demonstrably un-scientific CDC, the puppet master whispering in his ear, or the free-floating, full-torso, vaporous apparition that comes out of his coloring book just after his afternoon nap every day.
Worse, this three-month trial run just showed how easy this really is for the President of the United States to take actual or functional control of entire industries and a major portion of all domestic industry with nothing less than a four-page executive order, a token “opposition” party, and a reliably incurious press. If allowed to stand, this EO and the path it has generated for future EOs will prove to be irreversible as well as insidiously infectious for the implementation of the entire progressive agenda…and more.
Have a good day, comrades.
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Great comment Unsk, no real arguments here. Just some thoughts:
We are all familiar with our own little corners of the world. While the above may be generally true, I suspect I am about to witness an exodus of unprecedented scale.
The economy is not the only concern. Think defense contractors, for one.
Scary. Expand those concepts to the quality and maintenance of things that I don’t too much about…bridges, jet engines, elevators, heart-lung machines, etc. Again, the future’s so bright…
Thanks.
The loss of government contractors can only be a good thing, economically and politically. Taxes and government borrowing spent through contracts and grants is a waste field that, because of the inherent distortions, lock participants in the process and inhibit innovation by private sector performers..
Ya know it’s really not Empty Shelves Joe fault as explained by the great Wretchard at the Belmont Club:
If ever there was a man who felt he got a raw deal it’s Joe Biden, who complains that he was dealt a bad legacy. “When I took office eight months ago, we inherited an economy in crisis,” he Tweeted. His administration — nay the world — is facing crisis after crisis. Zachary Wolf of CNN writes: “Why does it feel like the world economy is out of whack?”
CAN’T YOU JUST FEEL JOE’S PAIN? IT’S REALLY NOT HIS FAULT.
“Worse, contrary to earlier hopes the problems would swiftly pass, the economic woes are likely to last into 2022, with potentially dire results for the progressive agenda. “Hopes that a spike in prices would quickly fade — that pandemic-induced inflation would be ‘transitory,’ to use the economic lingo — are being challenged by rising prices for a wide range of items.” It’s a burden that could weigh on the midterm election. Prominent Democratic data scientist David Shor see’s Biden’s problem slightly differently: the failure of the world economy means Joe is at the Last Chance Saloon. If he doesn’t grab as much power as he can, like a man at a buffet nearing closing time, the progressives may never get another chance again.”
Philo: The economy is not the only concern. Think defense contractors, for one.
Normally I would agree, but I think the Defense Contractors went thoroughly Woke long ago. I don’t even know if the Vaccine Mandates would affect them.
But of course I am biased. Since Pappy Bush drove all the Defense Contractors out of the LA Metro area ( where they were born) ( I know ,I know too much crazy, creative innovative thinking there) I am struggling to think of a significant defense program that has been developed in the last 30 years. Oh wait, I forgot the F-35! I know Pappy was best to bring those Defense Contractors back to the DC adjacent area where the Lobbyists and Deep State could keep a good eye on them. Wouldn’t want to offend Pappy’s client state China ya know with some new wild system that might shift the balance of power!
How many…across many industries and services…like this?:
They did but it will.
A big, easy target and I can share much cynicism on the topic but…no. Simply…no.
Continue with what we are doing and we lose the Republic without firing a shot.
I work for a concrete subcontractor. We are fixing to get really busy, which will last for maybe six months, but there doesn’t appear to be much in the pipeline to bid.
Lest you think that way hyperbolic…here you go:
The worst…and most un-scientific…ruling class ever.
That literal mike drop at the end. Love it!
Its not just those nearing retirement, we have seen many people leave the job force and move to being independent when their employers made changes to their working conditions that they didn’t like. It might be wearing a mask in the office, or going back into the office. We learned last year that you don’t have to be in the office to be productive, and in some ways working from home is more productive than being in the office (it’s also less in other ways). Companies now have a global talent pool to call upon and employees can market their skills to a global hiring pool either as full time or contract work. When you are a contractor, or working remotely those pesky rules like getting jabbed, or wearing a mask don’t apply. I suspect we will see more people like that.
Yeah, I worry for the people who cannot work remotely, who lack what I call “white collar privilege”. We see it in the photos of things like the Met Gala, or any Democratic fundraiser. The staff, nicely masked and anonymous while their betters laugh and cavort maskless, except for photos, reinforcing their superiority.
It seems the company has chosen to implement the most lenient “religious exemption” policy possible. Rumor has it that there is a 50:1 acceptance rate for all those submitted. Interesting.
Also based on rumors, it seems a large portion of those under 35 are prepared to walk if necessary. The word based on the limited data set in the cubicle farm is that about 80% of them are planning on it. That would be about 30% of that workforce. Demographics and numbers may vary greatly out on the production line. Time will tell…