Opinion: 2 different ways of being an American; 2 different ways of being a human being | Disrn

Opinion: 2 different ways of being an American; 2 different ways of being a human being | Disrn
"Yesterday we published two seemingly unrelated news articles.
Yet the story they tell when placed next to each other and viewed in the same gaze with clear eyes is one every American should hear and ponder.

• First, we reported on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The darling of the "just left of Marx" camp, in an interview with Vice, stated that once the economic lockdowns are lifted, Americans should simply refuse to go back to work. 

Here's what she said:
"When we have this discussion about 'going back' or 'reopening,' I think a lot of people should just say, 'No. We're not going back to that. We're not going back to 70 hour weeks just so we could put food on the table and not even feel any semblance of security in our lives.'"
...Back to what?
To the greatest and most prosperous economic times humans have ever known.
The highest wages and the lowest unemployment for all groups.
...That's one way of being an American.

• Next, we reported on factory workers at a company called Braskem America in Pennsylvania. More than 40 employees made the collective decision in March to leave their families and live at the factory for 28 days, where they would eat, sleep, and take turns working 12-hour shifts to produce protective equipment for healthcare workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic. They clocked out yesterday after their month-long shift.

I couldn't help but notice that every one of these workers appears to be male (extremely problematic lack of gender equity!).
And may I hazard a guess that most of these men were raised to be men.
They lived in a factory.
For a month.
Doing factory work in 12-hour shifts.
They agreed on it unanimously.
...That's another way of being an American.
Two different ways of being an American, and two different ways of being a human being...
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