GodlessCommieM to Late Stage CapitalismEnglish • 1 month agoElectoral politics doesn't get the job doneimagemessage-square104arrow-up1965arrow-down120cross-posted to: [email protected]workreform
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minus-square@nieminenlink6•1 month agoGood point, but a general strike is far more than just not working: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_strike
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•1 month agoIf people had put a tenth of that amount of work in, we would have had Bernie as the Dem nominee in 2020 and 2024. I see nothing to make me think that my fellow citizens are going to organize themselves.
minus-square@nieminenlink2•edit-21 month agoSadly as people, we often don’t see what’s necessary, or don’t want to inconvenience ourselves, until it’s absolutely necessary, or often too late. Someone else will always take care of it before it’s a problem I have to deal with right?
Good point, but a general strike is far more than just not working:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_strike
If people had put a tenth of that amount of work in, we would have had Bernie as the Dem nominee in 2020 and 2024.
I see nothing to make me think that my fellow citizens are going to organize themselves.
Sadly as people, we often don’t see what’s necessary, or don’t want to inconvenience ourselves, until it’s absolutely necessary, or often too late. Someone else will always take care of it before it’s a problem I have to deal with right?