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34. The anti-vax covid walkouts are the closest thing we'll have to a general strike

Thu Oct 28, 2021, 11:24 AM

Oct 2021

And that wasn't to protest corporate anything. That was to protest perceived government overreach. It was to protest mandating free, live-saving healthcare. LITERALLY OPPOSED to free, lifesaving healthcare for themselves. And you think people are going to strike for senior's dental? Why do you insist that "workers" have your values and priorities when, clearly, they do not?

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It's time for a general strike. [View all] onecaliberal Oct 2021 OP

I'm pissed too nt XanaDUer2 Oct 2021 #1

Boy howdy. I get it. MontanaMama Oct 2021 #2

Start organizing! WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #3

Will never happen inthewind21 Oct 2021 #10

I know. People love to say "general strike" but no one wants to organize for one. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #12

I don't know any Democrats who think like that, thank you very much. Not sure what region you... Hekate Oct 2021 #22

Working class people should have demanded we save as many lives possible without their losing their brewens Oct 2021 #4

If I had a nickel for every time I saw someone on the Internet call for a general strike... Dial H For Hero Oct 2021 #5

Not with that attitude Fullduplexxx Oct 2021 #6

If I devoted every waking moment of my life to organizing a general strike, Dial H For Hero Oct 2021 #7

It's ok it was just a joke Fullduplexxx Oct 2021 #11

The fact is there are a lot of strikes happening right now. onecaliberal Oct 2021 #16

Sure, but a general strike? No way, no how. Dial H For Hero Oct 2021 #31

Maybe not for you. onecaliberal Oct 2021 #32

And certainly not for the overwhelming majority. Dial H For Hero Oct 2021 #33

The overwhelming majority are not union. onecaliberal Oct 2021 #35

We don't seem to DO general strikes. It's more of a European thing, I think. CTyankee Oct 2021 #38

Except for essential services, or that backfires completely, making things worse? Brainfodder Oct 2021 #8

Far too many people in this country, even if poor or working class, PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #9

The American people haven't been screwed hard enough yet. Dems have kept saving them from the GOP. hadEnuf Oct 2021 #25

Let us know when you have it organized... brooklynite Oct 2021 #13

The COVID-19 pandemic BumRushDaShow Oct 2021 #14

I think you might be correct.....it WILL happen sooner to later ashredux Oct 2021 #15

A TAX STRIKE. ancianita Oct 2021 #17

Excellent idea. Tired of being on a greased rope. It is unsustainable. American Dream is gone. Evolve Dammit Oct 2021 #18

In 81 we should have walked! The Jungle 1 Oct 2021 #19

I was there too, and since trickle down started crud Oct 2021 #24

They were called the Reagan Democrats. The Jungle 1 Oct 2021 #27

I had a summer job working in a brewery crud Oct 2021 #36

I shoot pool in a league with a lot of young folks. The Jungle 1 Oct 2021 #37

I'm all for it. Mr. Evil Oct 2021 #20

I started doing this in the pandemic because for some products it was all we could get. onecaliberal Oct 2021 #21

There is actually a Federal Law against it IbogaProject Oct 2021 #23

I have forced employer healthcare. The cost has increased onecaliberal Oct 2021 #26

Hmm...Have You Begun Organizing This? MineralMan Oct 2021 #28

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2021 #29

I share your frustration Patton French Oct 2021 #30

The anti-vax covid walkouts are the closest thing we'll have to a general strike mathematic Oct 2021 #34