• minnow@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    A strike that has a scheduled end date is a strike that’s has scheduled its own failure. A ten day strike would achieve nothing except the suffering of it’s participants.

    Yes, the economy would grind to a halt, yes people would likely die, yes it would financially hurt the powerful people in charge.

    But do you really think those powerful people will give a shit? They know after ten days the gravy train will resume, but only for them and not the people who lost their jobs, got arrested, were injured, etc. The rich and powerful can afford to be patient, meanwhile everyone who sacrificed for ten days is going to have to question whether they can survive doing it again.

    No, we’re way past the point where our society can afford another failed effort to affect change. We need a general strike that doesn’t end until the government capitulates to the needs of the people. It’s all or nothing, now. ☹️

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    20 days ago

    In this political climate a 10 day general strike would be dealt with by deploying the army.

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        19 days ago

        No, they declare your not working illegal, and imprison you into a forced labor camp. Where if you don’t work you are tortured. And probably where you work until the terrible conditions kill you.

        Take a look at Musk’s Twitter feed to see exactly where this is going.

        “This is the way” on a post about how labor for prisoners is a good thing.

        “You committed a crime” for people opposing DOGE.

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    19 days ago

    If I missed 10 days of work it would take me a year to recover. The oligarchs are sitting pretty and they know it. It would take an army of Luigis to change anything.

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      19 days ago

      With unions we can change things little by little. A 10 day strike isn’t long enough to be effective though…

      The goal of the strikes is to stop 10 days from ruining a person, because it never should take a year to recover that