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Being that it requires zero credentials to get hired by these goons maybe a bunch of us should apply and dismantle from within
That's a viable strategy. Get hired, fit in, then be virtuosically incompetent.
I remember reading about a Democratic activist during one of the presidential campaigns, who got a job working in some random local Republican office somewhere. He was doing lots of light sabotage, when he caught the flu. He wanted to stay home, but he dragged himself to the office when nobody was around, and smeared his disease-ridden saliva all over the office, on doorknobs, keyboards, etc.
Within a week, most of the people in the office were down sick with the flu in the middle of a presidential election.
Street-level biological terrorism.
I know your story is a lark, because of "He wanted to stay home, but he dragged himself to the office when nobody was around"
In America, you work yourself to the bone publicly and without consideration of illness, because line must go up. American work ethic is dumb and destructive like that.
Why is that a "lark?"
There would be lots of times when a campaign office would be closed - late at night, holidays, when the staff is at a campaign event, etc. It's not difficult to believe that he would know of a length of time when he could be alone in the office to spread germs, as long as he had a key.
It is just that being stealthy isn't required in the first place. He could just go to work, and the infection will spread. Remember, MAGA doesn't wear face diapers. Or believe in germ theory. Probably doesn't endorse handwashing, neither.
This was long before Covid, so nobody was thinking about masks.
Campaign offices are often crowded and busy, and you aren't going to be able to smear your spit on various keyboards, work surfaces, door knobs, handles, etc. without getting noticed.
If you have access, then it's just easier, and safer, to do it when nobody is around.