My conflict would be between giving up my free time after work to recruiting to have more fun at work, or deal with people that aren't as good. Am I reading that right?

I see the driver at fault here.

I live in a small city of like 33k, and basically, why is it a snooze fest? Because the population is mostly 9-5 and with families or older people. There is stuff to do, but it isn't centered around the 20 somethings. That kind of thing is for the bigger cities or college towns.
I can tell ya that for someone like myself, the bar scene doesn't fit who I am today. It fit me back in my 20s, but that's because I wasn't super healthy, mentally. Something to think about

To be far, I know a lot of CDL people who are MAGA, so this would track.

All of it is capitalism, aka right-wing.

Typical. Everyone else is an asshole, but me.

I feel like that happens no matter what? Doesn't make it right. Like, we install dictators all the time that commit genocide.

Then they would get the upvotes and not you.

I had a thought that people didn't want to report or say anything out of fear

It's almost meaningless nowadays since everyone is a socialist, according to them.

And that's why there is a portion of people who dislike Harris; they dislike anything.

We don't say those words here.