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by dayofthedaleks 1726 days ago
Sounds like a good opportunity to declare a general strike to negotiate a living wage, affordable healthcare, diginified retirement and a voice in the boardroom.
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A general strike only works if you have enough people on board. What makes you think there is? It's easy to think a socialist revolution is right around the corner in certain circles of the internet, but I think actual support is far lower. see: amazon unionization vote.
> It's easy to think a socialist revolution is right around the corner in certain circles of the internet

In the West, we’re about 100 years, give or take, into the socialist revolution, which is a lot more like the Second Agricultural Revolution than the French Revolution, which is why people looking for something that looks like the latter miss it entirely.

what happened 100 years ago?
That combined with an ineffective leadership.

Just look at what these groups spend their time squabbling over. This DSA meeting is reflective of how little chance they have of getting anything accomplished: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NdE9CjkvTY

They become a parody of themselves, much like this Libertarian debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZITP93pqtdQ

To most actual communists, the DSA is a complete joke. If it wasn't a neutered organization as it is, the whole woke thing has put the last nail in the coffin.
see apathetic boomers and their homes