Ever heard of political zealots?
People who firmly and undeniably believe in their cause so much that they will do anything for it. The Americans suffer from it as much as the Chinese and as much from just about any group. These are fanatical followers that will just give up their lives for their cause.
Research has shown that the pyramids weren’t built with all forced slave labor … they were built by fanatical followers that wanted to do the work and honestly believed in the rewards for the afterlife if they built these monolithic projects.
If you can get people to truly believe in something, no matter what it is … you can get them to work for nothing, no immediate reward, without intimidation and get them to move mountains.
ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Again it’s not a deal-breaker for the government employees running the hiring process. Trust me, I know some UK civil servants and after the initial drugs test, most of them were very happy to resume their various indulgences.
The trouble is that you can’t be seen to employ someone to work for the federal government when they are technically committing a federal felony.
I reckon the vast majority from the lower level employees to the higher ups would LOVE to have weed, LSD, and other recreational drugs at least de-scheduled if not legalised, regulated, and taxed.
It’s politically difficult, especially in a country as socially right-wing as the US (on average, I’m aware attitudes vary from state to state).