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.
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.