Comment on YSK that a general strike is one of the most effective ways to push for change. There is a general strike in the works across the US for this Friday.

• ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  My original comment was only to clarify that a friday protest isn’t remotely a “general strike” so I wish that outlets, forumgoers and media would stop using the term because it’s reducing the power behind the word. Actual general strikes have been performed in our modern world and have crushed governments. This isn’t doing that, and I fear too many naive people are going to think that a couple friday marches on PTO are going to make anyone in seats of power cry.

  I never said it’s bad to march and protest, it IS having an impact, but by itself it won’t move anything because the people in power don’t actually care about the will of the people, if all you’re doing is saying you’re unhappy, well great. They WANT you unhappy.

  I don’t know how to get hundreds of millions of Americans to understand this, neither do you. None of us do, but we can keep trying and we can keep making sure that our language isn’t getting watered down because we want to believe in things that aren’t real. This is all going to get worse before it gets better, and people will point to it and say “See? General strikes don’t work!” when we haven’t even done one yet.

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  • dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Are the semantics really a hill you are gonna die on? Alright guys, go get the organizers to change all the banners to reword it so this guy is satisfied—sorry but that’s what’s needed in this moment!

    I’m being snarky, but what’s your desired goal? What looks like success to you here?

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    • ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Nah, you’re too reactionary, I’ll pass.

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      • dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        You care too much about semantics, got it

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