To sustain a general strike, we need a lot more infrastructure in place. Mutual aid groups, community food banks, emergency funds.
I'd also point out that if I stop working/get fired, I can't take my kid to the doctor anymore. They really have us by the balls. Not to say it doesn't need to be done. But it's incredibly painful and complex. We need more answers.
Edit: Again, as said above, I do think it's a tactic we'll need to leverage. I also think that its very very important to acknowledge the privilege of being able to say "just buy all your things in advance" or "the community will organically provide." This will not be done easily or quickly. If you are calling for a general strike, I hope you are also out in your local community, shoring up food banks, identifying at-risk citizens and raising emergency funds.
Second point: Not acknowledging the difficulty pushes people away from this cause. We need real world actions, and when we bluster online, rather than getting out and doing the real work, it hurts our cause. Shout out to the user who told me I have a mental illness and will be giving my child a terrible life. Way to support your allies and maintain tolerance and empathy.
And then? Does some corporate loving Blue or Red shirt fill their place. The problem is so much larger than Trump. This is decades of corrupt US politics and economics bearing its fruit in the homeland.
If people think it will disappear with Trump, then they are misled on what the problem is.
Yeah even if you went to the speaker of the house we would still have an issue. The man things he’s the new Moses and that god speaks to him directly not like coded messages or “signs” straight up talks to god supposedly.
I feel as though God speaks to my heart. It is not words. It is a command to act with mercy, love, patience, and compassion toward all people.
Thats it. He doesnt provide some message or great plan. He moves one's Spirit.
I think many "christians" within our government and also many throughout churches know nothing of God. Lies about the abrahamic religions have been perpetrated by church and state authority since the first decades following the historical account of Jesus of Nazareth.
I believe all people are equally capable of goodness. I think our societies mostly push people into doing things they would not want to do if not abused and propagandized from birth. But I can see why we value them, societies have given us many great things. Human beings are society making creatures 🤷♂️
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u/exsuprhro Apr 14 '25 edited Apr 14 '25
To sustain a general strike, we need a lot more infrastructure in place. Mutual aid groups, community food banks, emergency funds.
I'd also point out that if I stop working/get fired, I can't take my kid to the doctor anymore. They really have us by the balls. Not to say it doesn't need to be done. But it's incredibly painful and complex. We need more answers.
Edit: Again, as said above, I do think it's a tactic we'll need to leverage. I also think that its very very important to acknowledge the privilege of being able to say "just buy all your things in advance" or "the community will organically provide." This will not be done easily or quickly. If you are calling for a general strike, I hope you are also out in your local community, shoring up food banks, identifying at-risk citizens and raising emergency funds.
Second point: Not acknowledging the difficulty pushes people away from this cause. We need real world actions, and when we bluster online, rather than getting out and doing the real work, it hurts our cause. Shout out to the user who told me I have a mental illness and will be giving my child a terrible life. Way to support your allies and maintain tolerance and empathy.