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Comment on YSK: Non-violent protests are 2x likely to succeed and no non-violent movement that has involved more than 3.5% of the country population has ever failed

ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

General strikes accomplish a fuck of a lot more in a shorter amount of time. When the owners of the administration can’t get their poptarts to the stores to be sold, the bank calls their loans and shit gets real.

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barneypiccolo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Right after Covid ended, the nurses in the NYC hospitals decided that after being so heroic for over a year, they deserved raises, and some other benefits. The hospitals flat-out refused anything.

The nurses went on strike. Within 72 hours, every single one of their demands was met, including a fat raise.

Unions and strikes work.

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- Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Yeah, too many people keep acting like “hold up a sign” and “start shooting” are the only two political actions possible. There is a vast array of disruptions and threats to the status quo that do not require violence.
  
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  - Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    
    Yeah, too many people keep acting like “hold up a sign” and “start shooting” are the only two political actions possible.
    
    For people in at-will employment states, it can certainly feel like that. If you’re the only one who actually strikes, you get fired.
    
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    RandomMouse@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    That’s why the general strike doesn’t happen on a certain date, it happens once enough people commit.
    
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outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Cool, you organize one of those, then. Ill wait.

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