Have you noticed they’re always paired with messages encouraging voter apathy and disparticipation ?
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miscellanii@lemm.ee 6 days agoThis is what bothers me so much about the constant calls for general strikes on social media. They’re almost never paired with serious organization (ex: where are the strike funds to support people who otherwise can’t afford to miss paychecks?)
aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com 6 days ago
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
I mean, I have 5 kids who need to eat. I would absolutely participate, but I just can’t afford it.
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It’s OK, no one is asking you to. Just support the cause the best you can. Support the people participating. Support messaging. And lend a hand to people before and after.
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Always.
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Block
bassomitron@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Not to mention a large chunk of the public won’t agree with the idea to begin with. Especially the top 20-30% of income earners.
Additionally, emergency/medical personnel not working would mean people are directly dying as a result of it, creating easy negative PR against the movement.
Asking 180+ million people to coordinate on anything is a farce, and for something like a general strike it is an absolute fantasy.