“Would not have allowed a Governor to tell them to shut down their business.”
Exactly.
Back in their day, people used to hang signs:
“Revenuers (gov officials) will be shot.”
We’re not worthy of tying that generations shoelaces.
City officials also used to come and nail a big QUARANTINE sign to the door if you were sick. But stop working? Only the Wobblies were trying to stop working but back then you’d get a hickory shampoo if you tried it.