Why does a general strike have to be organized? All folks have to do is stop buying things or spending money as much as possible. The fucking country would grind to a halt. The amount of shit that we buy that we dont need is staggering… Probably daily you buy something (likely multiple things) that you dont need. And here’a the thing: you have to be ready to suffer. No change will come to us if we continue to prioritize comfort and convenience.
And if you have to go to work, do the bare minimum to stay employed. Some may say to actively sabotage, but i wouldnt say that or think it, so you should not actively sabotage the company you work at.
A general strike for one-day is silly. Any company can weather one day.
Because we have like, 350 million people here, and if it’s not organized, you just have a tiny insignificant percentage buying less and the economy doesn’t even notice.
If “buy less stuff” was all it took, well… I’ve been doing that for years, so why isn’t the problem solved yet? It’s because the vast majority of people aren’t. It needs an organized effort to get the word out, and to make people who otherwise wouldn’t engage understand the potential impact, and how to realize that.
There’s also the problem where a prolonged general strike would mean a huge number of people would lose their health care and wouldn’t be able to pay rent or buy food and that’s simply not sustainable. I’m not sure how to overcome that problem, and so far nobody else seems to, either.
Why does a general strike have to be organized? All folks have to do is stop buying things or spending money as much as possible. The fucking country would grind to a halt. The amount of shit that we buy that we dont need is staggering… Probably daily you buy something (likely multiple things) that you dont need. And here’a the thing: you have to be ready to suffer. No change will come to us if we continue to prioritize comfort and convenience.
And if you have to go to work, do the bare minimum to stay employed. Some may say to actively sabotage, but i wouldnt say that or think it, so you should not actively sabotage the company you work at.
A general strike for one-day is silly. Any company can weather one day.
Because we have like, 350 million people here, and if it’s not organized, you just have a tiny insignificant percentage buying less and the economy doesn’t even notice.
If “buy less stuff” was all it took, well… I’ve been doing that for years, so why isn’t the problem solved yet? It’s because the vast majority of people aren’t. It needs an organized effort to get the word out, and to make people who otherwise wouldn’t engage understand the potential impact, and how to realize that.
There’s also the problem where a prolonged general strike would mean a huge number of people would lose their health care and wouldn’t be able to pay rent or buy food and that’s simply not sustainable. I’m not sure how to overcome that problem, and so far nobody else seems to, either.