The DHS secretary also argued to the reporter that she doesn’t know of “any peaceful protester that shows up with a gun and ammunition rather than a sign."
Fine, next martyr, though you knew what I meant. In any case, magical thinking (you just have to want it hard enough) has never worked. If you have suggestions for what to actually do, bring it. Anything short of actions that’ll get you killed never seem to be good enough for the complainers.
One thing that hasn’t been tried is a general strike (and by strike I don’t mean one day off, but a sustained, complete standstill of business without a set end date). That is like the only peaceful means potentially affecting the US oligarchs who finance fascism.
And it doesn’t have to be the entire US, for starters it would help if at least some states and/or large cities would take part.
Strikes in the US? I highly doubt it.
Most people depend on their jobs for healthcare and have been brainwashed for decades into thinking that if you don’t have a job that’s your fault, strikes are communism, etc, etc.
Planning for a general strike takes A LONG TIME. It’s not something you can just “declare” - you may already know that, but I’ll say it anyway for other people reading this. You need time for people to save money, to organize with neighbors, to figure out how they can afford to go without paying bills… The current, most legitimate plans for a general strike, with multiple major unions either behind it or considering it, is for 2028. And even then I don’t really know if Americans are organized enough to pull it off, but hopefully we can get there.
Fine, next martyr, though you knew what I meant. In any case, magical thinking (you just have to want it hard enough) has never worked. If you have suggestions for what to actually do, bring it. Anything short of actions that’ll get you killed never seem to be good enough for the complainers.
One thing that hasn’t been tried is a general strike (and by strike I don’t mean one day off, but a sustained, complete standstill of business without a set end date). That is like the only peaceful means potentially affecting the US oligarchs who finance fascism. And it doesn’t have to be the entire US, for starters it would help if at least some states and/or large cities would take part.
Strikes in the US? I highly doubt it.
Most people depend on their jobs for healthcare and have been brainwashed for decades into thinking that if you don’t have a job that’s your fault, strikes are communism, etc, etc.
Planning for a general strike takes A LONG TIME. It’s not something you can just “declare” - you may already know that, but I’ll say it anyway for other people reading this. You need time for people to save money, to organize with neighbors, to figure out how they can afford to go without paying bills… The current, most legitimate plans for a general strike, with multiple major unions either behind it or considering it, is for 2028. And even then I don’t really know if Americans are organized enough to pull it off, but hopefully we can get there.
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