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Judgmentality | 4 months ago

If you're American, go on strike. Nobody gives a shit about people holding signs and protesting peacefully. If you can't do anything to make the opposition care about you, don't expect them to do anything other than ignore you.

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xrd|4 months ago

Ok. I'm a contractor. I live in Florida with zero protections. I have three kids. I'm 51 and have had a hell of a time finding work the last few years. I'm pretty scared of doing this, honestly.

Judgmentality|4 months ago

I'm not telling you how to live your life. I'm pointing out that peaceful protest is pointless. And a strike without organization is also pointless.

There are no easy answers here. If you want change, expect to fight for it.

johnnyanmac|4 months ago

> Nobody gives a shit about people holding signs and protesting peacefully.

Do both. The person in this story clearly was not ignore.

They do in fact care otherwise they wouldn't be so beligerent about it. It takes 3% of the country protesting to get undeniable attention and last weekend was getting close to that threshold. 330m Americans or so, the threshold is around 10m. And this weekend was counted with 7m.

Your voice does matter, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

cosmicgadget|4 months ago

I don't know, it'd be kind of funny if there weren't any protests, just everyone goes home and plays GTA VI. It's not like the cause of the striking would be unknowable.