What would it take to get Americans to start a general strike?
>>541275537Empty grocery store shelves and Netflix not working
Removing Instagram and TikTok
something which unifies left and right, like flock cameras or inflation
>>541275537If they turned off the sportsball or all the porn websites. Not just made you show ID to see porn but a real deal blanket ban on all porn. That would do it.
I ask because I saw a guy who lost his job and couldn't find a new one but followed his friends' and family's advice to never sell his paid-off car, so he inevitably ran out of money to pay for insurance and it lapsed, meaning he's now accruing thousands in fines which he has to pay before he can renew his registration and drive again (fines which are less than the cost of insurance so it's literally cheaper to just let them accrue). And when he talked about it the response was, "You should make better financial decisions."Looking at all that, I kind of despaired for the ability of the average American to reason through socioeconomic conundrums an was hoping things aren't as bleak as it seems.
>>541276025>I saw a guy who lost his job and couldn't find a new one but followed his friends' and family's advice to never sell his paid-off car, so he inevitably ran out of money to pay for insurance and it lapsed, meaning he's now accruing thousands in fines which he has to pay before he can renew his registration and drive againWhat did your imaginary friend do for work? How much savings did he have put aside for a rainy day? How many thousands in fines has he accumulated?Do you have a job?
>>541276204I dunno man it was like a quora post or something.
>>541276370>I dunnoSo you don't know if you have ever held a job or registered and insured a vehicle yourself? I don't know you, but judging by that completely retarded loser fan-fic you posted I'd say you're a sheltered child who has never actually participated in adult life by yourself.
Electricity goes out and stays out.Internet inaccessible.Grocery stores stop stocking shelves.Those three at the same time would do it.
>>541275537Take away our hamburgers
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>>541276533What are you talking about.
>>541276593So it's soon?
>>541278564No. Just stop the net for 3 days period and you would have it all end worldwide
>>541275537There will be once we lose our empire, whole system is built on getting americans cheap thing to buy
>>541275537>general strikelollmaoAssuming the masses of native unemployed wouldn't be sufficient, businesses would cry "labor shortage" and the government would bring in millions of foreign guest workers to replace the striking workers.The left would cheer at the strikebreakers because they're useless retards like that.And even if somehow they couldn't find replacement workers, businesses would just offshore until there's a surplus of workers again.Globalization made a general strike impossible.
Comfortable people dont make good revolutionaries.>>541275617Essentially...
>>541276025>>541276204The darndest thing is you shouldn't even be fined for any of that if you're using a car for personal transport.
I guess the other point that I was trying to get at is if there's any chance Americans would general strike BEFORE an economic crash that "forces" mass layoffs. That is, would Americans be smart and organized enough to press their leverage before corps had an excuse to take that leverage away? If workers aren't willing to threaten to withhold labor before employers say, "We don't need your labor anymore," then there's really no point.
>>541283346Yeah, but you are apparently. I was just as surprised to find out and I suddenly had a lot more empathy for people who complain about having tons of fines cockblocking a license renewal or whatever. It turns out that what everyone assumes is a personal failing is crazy predatory regulations putting people into a Catch-22.
>>541283222Is it even a revolution?
