Thirty years ago, when I came to the US, one the very first things that I had to learn about adapting to American corporate environments was to leave all politics at the door. I had worked in a communist country where any deviation from the ideological line imposed every day in the work place (and everywhere else) could cost you much mor…
Thirty years ago, when I came to the US, one the very first things that I had to learn about adapting to American corporate environments was to leave all politics at the door. I had worked in a communist country where any deviation from the ideological line imposed every day in the work place (and everywhere else) could cost you much more than your job, so I was reluctant to temporarily relinquish my newly acquired right to argue about politics for eight hours a day.
After George Floyd’s death, my American corporate workplace became much worse than my communist former job. Back then, we had the company management and the Communist Party local secretary enforcing the rules, and secret police informants snooping on us, but nobody really believed the ideology and you could always crack jokes among friends.
Today in America it’s not just the corporate management that would fire you instantly if you disagree with the new American ruling ideology; you also have to deal with the army of zombies that you used to think of as your colleagues, just waiting to tear you apart and eat you alive.
Dictatorship was bad, but the woke zombie apocalypse is much worse.
Agreed, I had to leave social media, during covid couldn't deal with the virtual signaling, we had to stay at home, but ok to leave to protest for BLM. One former co-worker blocked me for something that I said about Latin American politics ( I am from there BTW), open conversations only with a few people (just like we had during the military dictatorship)
So much worse. It's part of the reason I don't participate in social media and have pretty much disappeared from the community landscape. I bet I'm not the only new ghost in this era.
Thirty years ago, when I came to the US, one the very first things that I had to learn about adapting to American corporate environments was to leave all politics at the door. I had worked in a communist country where any deviation from the ideological line imposed every day in the work place (and everywhere else) could cost you much more than your job, so I was reluctant to temporarily relinquish my newly acquired right to argue about politics for eight hours a day.
After George Floyd’s death, my American corporate workplace became much worse than my communist former job. Back then, we had the company management and the Communist Party local secretary enforcing the rules, and secret police informants snooping on us, but nobody really believed the ideology and you could always crack jokes among friends.
Today in America it’s not just the corporate management that would fire you instantly if you disagree with the new American ruling ideology; you also have to deal with the army of zombies that you used to think of as your colleagues, just waiting to tear you apart and eat you alive.
Dictatorship was bad, but the woke zombie apocalypse is much worse.
Agreed, I had to leave social media, during covid couldn't deal with the virtual signaling, we had to stay at home, but ok to leave to protest for BLM. One former co-worker blocked me for something that I said about Latin American politics ( I am from there BTW), open conversations only with a few people (just like we had during the military dictatorship)
So much worse. It's part of the reason I don't participate in social media and have pretty much disappeared from the community landscape. I bet I'm not the only new ghost in this era.