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[–] [email protected] 39 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

How dare you!

Our benevolent job creators promised that, in exchange for turning the bull loose through our blind submission, doting servitude, and complete acceptance of the destruction of the commons for their exclusive profit, they would rain down glorious golden showers of prosperity upon all of us!

We've only been waiting... looks at watch... about 50 years. They could start pissing that wealth down any second now, don't fuck this up for us!

Sincerely, the quintessential American sucker.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

golden showers ~~of prosperity~~

FTFY.

Personally getting tired of the smell and taste.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I am saving this comment for a well placed reply on LinkedIn.

I would typically not take credit for those eloquent words, but in that context, I should probably own them.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

As far as I'm concerned, I copied it from you, my friend.

[–] Nommer 8 points 11 months ago

They're our words.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Over 100 years. They've been talking about Horse and Sparow economics since before the 1900s. They just changed the name around 50 years ago, it's the same economic theory.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

50 years and the only thing trickling down smells like piss....

[–] [email protected] 34 points 11 months ago (3 children)

May 1, 2028. May Day

These things take time to plan. There's a very good chance it could happen.

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/uaw-general-strike-no-class#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20most%20interesting,known%20as%20International%20Workers%20Day.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

And if your aren't in a union, you can start one, and if it's unlikely you'll ever be in a union because of your career, it doesn't mean you can't help out other unions get informed about it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Aight, fuck it, 2028 let's go

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Any general strike needs to concentrate on one tangible issue — like Medicare for all.

Without a single focus, it will just evolve into another “occupy wall street”.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Problem is keeping everyone on that message for long enough. Sure, it's possible to do that for like, a week, and realistically a week is all it would take. During the COVID Lockdowns, there were many companies that felt the pressure from everyone staying home, nobody buying anything, and they pressured state governments all over the country to lift lockdowns to get people back in. They're still fighting WFH because, if you think the residential real estate market is precarious, wait till you see the commercial market. All those companies that bought all that office space they can't fill. So, it's possible that a week of general striking is all it would take to cripple the entire private sector.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm actually going on my first strike in 2 hours

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Good luck. Drink water.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Problem is, people are not in a position to do that. We cant just not work, or we just go homeless. It's very much rigged and i dont know a practical way to get out of this mess on a societal level.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Community aid and action. Basically we all look after each other. It would be nice if we could get everyone to agree and work together. If we all go homeless, we pool what resources we have left together, hold nothing back, and build our own new homes.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You first.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Gladly. From each, according to their ability, to each, according to their need.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Big talk. I've been houseless before. You have no idea what you're claiming you'll do "gladly".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

That only works if you're surrounded by like minded people.

Where I am i'd just hear "EVERYONE KILL THE COMMIE FUCK OVER HERE! HE'S TRYING TO RUIN ELON MUSK! UNIFY FOR THE MUSK, FIGHT FOR THE BEZOS!"

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

Sorry mate, it IS your business.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

As much as i agree, much of the world is about to enter winter and people may struggle to feed/house themselves if they

Stop collecting pay cheques or

Get their bank accounts frozen by their government for protesting

In the spring/summer local farmers/gardeners can contribute food more easily and turning off the heat is less of an existential threat.

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad 4 points 11 months ago

Yup, it's best if we get something going before we lose what little leverage we have

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

“Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Has this ever happened in America? I'm having trouble finding a historical reference with these modern search engines. I just get articles about Striketober, whatever that was.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A broad general strike? I don't think so, but the closest thing I could think of would be the the Coal Wars across Appalachia the laegest one being the Battle at Blair Mountain. All the miners and their families (they lived in company towns) armed themselves, took control of the mines they worked at and fought tooth and nail against Baldwin-Felts Detectice Agency, the Logan County Sherriff's department, WV state police and the National Guard stationed in WV.

10,000 strikers took to the mines and tried to hold out against a force of 30,000.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Its a shame they skip over this in the schools. 👀

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Pretty obvious why they do. Hell, those that produce the US curriculum don't even look in the direction of Tulsa. 😶

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Its like they don't want us to believe fucked up shit happens within our own country. Which just weakens our society as nobody prepares for domestic terrorism of any kind. Its unacceptable that this piece of our own history is hidden from us. I'm thankful every day my junior year history teacher was a madwoman, and precisely picked out all of these juicy disgusting pieces of history for us to learn. It shocks me that there is no arbiter of truth in our entire system. It should have never gotten to the point where we turn a blind eye to our misdeeds. But it has always been that way. We can be better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Not to say it's acceptable, but many governments will downplay the ugly side of their own history in public schools. Japan is notorious for this.

I think the best course of action outside of education is to distribute suppressed history knowledge as much as we can. Thankfully, it's much harder to stop this knowledge from being shared outside of public schools.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

At this point I would join any kind of protest in my city. There's so much to protest about

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

There's 500k people on strike in the province of Quebec right now. Nurses, teachers and school bus drivers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

They have successfully enslaved us all. Not physically, but mentally.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Unless OP is a billionaire it is their business.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Good luck

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Today, I’m an accelerationist, so I’m shopping on Amazon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How does that work?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

That's the best part: it doesn't!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

The problem is that not everyone is salaried/ union and if they stop going to work for any reason whatsoever, they will lose their home, car, food.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I feel you but not yet. There is not enough class consciousness to pull this off right now

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How about now?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hmm maybe a bit longer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Ok, so... Now?

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