If by "short term discomfort" you mean the worst-case of being homeless and having your kids consigned to Foster Care because of that, then you have a very odd definition of comfort.

Like I said, I myself don't wear one to work, but even if I did I could refuse it easily enough - I have the monetary reserves, and my own kids are adults and out on their own, so it is quite literally not about me in the literal and metaphorical sense.

That said, and as stated, Younger men with kids don't have that choice, and I'm not going to begrudge them over that, because with young kids on the line, I'm not 100% certain that I could make that choice properly, no matter what my heart tells me to do.

Now there is a red line to be sure, but I suspect that the face-diapers isn't it.

I also suspect that if it were truly a matter of freedom vs. slavery at this point, there would be assassinations going on at a very regular pace right about now, because such dire historical breakpoints will require dire remedies.

It may come to that, but not at this time, and not for this reason.