I don't understand the people who think general strikes just happen. The amount of organization and preparation that goes into a successful general strike vastly exceeds that of a social media campaign.
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And the larger the country, the harder it is! If the US had one major city, you'd have one place to organize. One piece of major infrastructure to disrupt. One area where people are to directly see and interact with the protest/strike, etc etc.
aug 23, 2025, 7:37 pm ā¢ 6 0 ā¢ view
Iām still convinced it will have to happen given your trajectory.
aug 24, 2025, 8:03 am ā¢ 1 0 ā¢ view
I would be impressed if people could give up Facebook and Instagram for a day.
aug 24, 2025, 10:59 am ā¢ 1 0 ā¢ view
A lot of folks are *convinced* there's some magic wand that makes what they want to happen materialize. Hell, the current president of the United States believes that and has demonstrably been proven wrong repeatedly.
aug 23, 2025, 9:03 pm ā¢ 3 0 ā¢ view
Nah. You just need three or four categories of workers for a general strike: truckers and railway workers, transit workers, sanitation workers and that's basically it. The problem is that these categories in general vote conservative.
aug 24, 2025, 3:14 am ā¢ 0 0 ā¢ view
There is an entire book about the seattle general strike and that didn't even succeed and likely had backlash
aug 24, 2025, 1:08 am ā¢ 3 0 ā¢ view
pulling off a regular strike is a herculean effort on its own, a fact people who live in phone world and call for general strikes seem to be unaware of
aug 23, 2025, 10:53 pm ā¢ 5 0 ā¢ view
You just need four or three categories of workers for a general strike(Truckers/railway workers, sanitation, transit workers). Everything else is accessory.
aug 24, 2025, 3:23 am ā¢ 0 0 ā¢ view