Where's Hoffa when we need him?
Justin Hart, who is probably the closest thing to an 'alt-epidemiologist', with serious experience in data analysis, makes a point:

I have the extraordinary blessing (and challenge) of being an independent consultant right now - data dashboards, ML/AI analysis marketing strategies, sales tactics - I’m a professional “interim” CMO.

If I were a legit W-2 employee my Twitter would be much quieter.

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Well yes, but that's not the primary variable. It's a question of bullypower.

In earlier eras, regular W2 employees often had freedom of speech because they had big UNIONS, willing to use blackmail and violence when necessary to protect their SKILLS. Jimmy Hoffa was freedom's best friend.

I noticed this when reading a railroad union journal from 1918. Tyrant Wilson was in full psychopathic frenzy in 1918, with Lady Edgar's FBI tracking down the slightest grain of Red Witch Powder. The journal was full of letters from employees of various railroads who expressed RADICAL opinions and signed their names and addresses. They didn't need to worry about firing because the union was ready to literally fight for them with fists and sticks and guns.

In the current situation, independent contractors don't necessarily have more freedom unless they're well insulated by FUCKYOU MONEY. If you're already in debt and on the edge, you can't afford to alienate any potential customers. Not coincidentally, the 2008 coup eliminated savings.

Also in the current situation, the frontline workers who have heroically and quietly protected the people from the worst excesses of Tyrant Inslee are unionized. Personal courage is the main factor, but courage is easier when you have a union behind you.

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Semi-separate thought: These frenzies of orthodoxy tend to be self-limiting, partly because of SKILL. When organizations and corporations fire executives and employees for opinions, they are losing some of their best talent. This happened with #MeToo and it's happening again with the LATEST tiresome repetition of "racism". An organization that tries to function with only the most rigid and ferocious ideologues soon finds that it can't function very well. When revolutions guillotine or jail their founders, new talent sees what happened to the founders, and starts to rethink whether the revolution is still worth it.

Labels: #bluelivesmatter, skill-estate

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