Wikipedia mentions it was big in the Soviet Union, but I can't imagine it didn't exist in ancient Rome

February 22, 2025 - 15:02 UTC

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I also want to mention that this works very well in the workplace. It's called work-to-rule. I used it several times when I worked at a major corporate headquarters that completely undervalued me. Even on my own, it proved the point I was making rather quickly
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I worked in a gift shop in a busy tourist town. Someone stole something from behind my back as I was ringing up a customer. The owners screamed at me that I needed to be looking all around, all the time. When the shop was empty I would sit and mechanically look all around. They didn't like that.
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Right. Work-to-Rule is also a well-established union tactic, particularly if there's a grievance but the workers are in an illegal strike position. A lot of times sticking to the contract and following it to the letter is enough to convince the Employer to come back to the table to negotiate.
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Works especially well in countries conditioned to overwork and do things outside the scope of their job for “The Team.”
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Used for years in manufacturing when supervisors thought they knew more than the workers.
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Depending on who you ask, "turn the other cheek" was an instruction malicious compliance.
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There's an entire philosophy in Christianity called "third way" which suggests "turn the other cheek" was malicious compliance, as Romans could slap you but not strike you, so turning the other way made them break the rules. A soldier got in trouble if you carried their pack longer than one mile etc
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Oh my god I love this so much
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i'm not a native english speaker, isn't slapping a form of striking/hitting someone?
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I think Jesus himself recommended it (walk the second mile, turn the other cheek- two examples that come to mind) understood in their cultural context both prescribe pretty subversive behavior.
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