Comments by "XSportSeeker" (@XSpImmaLion) on "How Truck Driving Became One Of The Worst Jobs In The US" video.

  1. Mixed messaging... There is no support or sympathy to be given to movements that, while they have a fair big share of reasoning to be there, comes with strings attached to conspiracy theories and movements that are actively killing innocent people everyday. See, I empathize a lot with this class of workers. I'm not from the US, but I have friends and extended family members that either worked or still work as truck drivers. It's a grueling job with all sorts of dangers that isn't paid enough and no one wants to do it, at least here in my country - seems to me that the US is just the same. For my country you add horrible interstate and general roadway conditions, the vast majority of cities not built with them in mind which ends up in tons of accidents, damages to trucks and roads, and bad conditions overall. And then you also add the constant danger of being robbed and killed on the job, all too common an occurrence here that is often ignored and not reported. So I definitely get protesting for better conditions, better wages, and bringing in regulations and laws that will make the job better for everyone, roads safer, and work conditions saner. Heck, there is a whole ton of devaluation going on for the most essencial workers, and I specially hate that seemingly all the new economy initiatives are only arriving to trample on this class of workers even further. The uncertainty, stress and anxiety caused by all these factors is palpable. Problem is the polarization and introducing politics to it. I'm really sorry, but if the movement is calling for mask bans and taking an anti-vaccination stance, that I just cannot support anymore. Because that's not about truck drivers, workers, and conditions anymore. I know it's tempting to appeal to the party that is easy to talk to because of all their promises and posturing (even though it really doesn't translate to anything more than that, and these people should have realized all that by now), but if it gets into negationism, conspiracy theories, and all this bullshit that the current GOP is going for - you lost my support. Because then it's about a bigger more encompassing issue than truck drivers or a specific class of workers. In fact, it isn't about truck drivers at all anymore. It's cultism, radicalism, and trying to negate the reality that is right in front of them. I can only vouch for changes for better conditions and wages to a class of workers, if the workers are also willing to take their civil responsibilities seriously. Which I'm sure most truck drivers do, so they need to keep protesting, but without getting entangled in GOP politics. And it's not only about lives lost in the pandemic. If you are preaching on with anti-mask stances and anti-vaccination stances, what you are really doing is an injustice to yet another devalued class of essencial workers - hospital staff, ambulance drivers and all the people involved in the unprecedent mass vaccination campaign that have been arguably been more impacted than any class of workers in most countries. So there you go, my two cents on the subject.
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