not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoMinneapolis General Strike Movement Spreads to 215 Cities on Fridaylemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1401arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1398arrow-down1imageMinneapolis General Strike Movement Spreads to 215 Cities on Fridaylemmy.blahaj.zonenot_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square21linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePointlessProtestAgainstTheMachine@lemmy.orgBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down4·16 days agoEach one of these cities it going to have a protest for a day and only eat a drink what they bought the day before to have something for Friday.
minus-squareMalReynolds@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down2·16 days agoIn what way is that a general strike? For a second there was hope, sigh, because a general strike is exactly what they need.
minus-squaremika_mika@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down3·16 days agoIt’s not. A general strike would mean potentially losing some of our comforts and we just aren’t ready to do that yet I guess. :/
minus-squareDaftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-215 days agoOther people are losing comforts, why should I give up mine? They will never be taken away from me because its different.
minus-square3abas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down5·16 days agoAmerican protests for you. They go on a shopping spree a day before the boycott protest so they don’t miss a beat.
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·15 days agoIf people are only buying food staples, that’s still going to hit the economy. Expecting people to somehow forgo eating or they’re not really striking is a fucking stupid take. Get the doomerism out of here.
Each one of these cities it going to have a protest for a day and only eat a drink what they bought the day before to have something for Friday.
In what way is that a general strike? For a second there was hope, sigh, because a general strike is exactly what they need.
It’s not. A general strike would mean potentially losing some of our comforts and we just aren’t ready to do that yet I guess. :/
Other people are losing comforts, why should I give up mine? They will never be taken away from me because its different.
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American protests for you. They go on a shopping spree a day before the boycott protest so they don’t miss a beat.
If people are only buying food staples, that’s still going to hit the economy. Expecting people to somehow forgo eating or they’re not really striking is a fucking stupid take. Get the doomerism out of here.