[TECH DEBT] Cannot currently create virtual environments on a FIPS enabled platforms

[s0undt3ch]

Description of the tech debt to be addressed, include links and screenshots

When running the test suite on FIPS enabled platforms, what started out as a potential problem with pip and FIPS, soon turned into a problem with virtual environments and FIPS We need to figure out the root cause of this problem.

Refs:

• https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/12369
• https://github.com/saltstack/relative-environment-for-python/issues/161

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