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Mass protests have failed to bring about social change. It’s time for a new strategy.
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The answer is a general strike, but I have no fucking idea how we'd pull that off in the USA without the majority becoming homeless.
Cops can't stop general strikes
Crackdowns only turn supporterts to active rebels, and sympathizers to supporters.
State Violence only strengthens the movement.
And once your there, will they grab your hands and use them to make sandwiches or type code or whatever you do for a living? It's much easier to deny living space than compel action.
"Driving you to work forcibly" sounds like violence to me.
Are they going to stand there with a gun pointed at me making me work? Will they bring you home at the end of the day? Hell, I'm thinking I could cut my commute costs and probably get more done!
Historically it has been sustained, smaller, local action that has produced results far more frequently than attempted general strikes. Everybody wants to do this the quick way and they aren’t willing to roll up their sleeves and put in the time to do it locally. They think that everybody’s just going to nod and stop working and it’s all going to be glorious, but that’s just not how it goes down. You can count the number of truly successful general strikes that were clear victories on one hand.
Consumption strike. Just stop buying nonessentials. Rent strike, mortgage strike. Protests are worthless if you're still buying crap from amazon and eating at chain restaurants.
I guess I've been on an involuntary consumption strike for the last 10 years or so then lol
Mutual aid is probably the best we could do in the short term
Like the Roman plebs used to do. Just every pleb go on vacation to the country at the same time, leaving the rich to fend for themselves.