It's not really bowing to overlords if you need a job to eat and a fine costs more than your wages.
Workers at Retail establishments, no doubt (from whom I've conversed with) should have done more studies on unions/politics/mask performance–but a person can only stand up to the Mask Rules for so long, or they'll be hungry and homeless.
The politicians that these workers have voted in should be protecting them.
The police that have sworn an oath to protect should do just that and arrest the politicians that have proven to be against the People/Republic.
Destroying livelihoods, relationships, and more–for what?