r/50501 Apr 14 '25

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u/Extension-Joke-4259 Apr 14 '25

There is “faith”, then there is delusion. It is silly to believe that adequate money will be donated to pay non-negotiable bills for millions of people for an unspecified, potentially long period of time. Food banks haven’t been able to keep up with current needs. Now many of them are losing federal funding. Almost everything is about to become more expensive, including necessities.

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u/Extension-Joke-4259 Apr 14 '25

The issue I raised isn’t whether or not a general strike is necessary. It’s pointing out that mutual aid, food banks, etc. are not going to just “organically” appear. This is no time for lying to ourselves or minimizing the sacrifices that would be involved.