[Justsignedup]

All people who don't care say "can you please go over there, in the corner, where I can't see you, so you can protest and I can appropriately ignore you."

The point of a protest is to annoy you. Annoy you enough into action.

[science4sail]

Annoyance so that bystanders support the protesters' demands or annoyance so that bystanders act against the protesters out of spite? After all, the Westboro Baptist Church's protests don't seem to have been very effective at promoting the cause of homophobia.

I think that protests are a risky move unless the general population is already sympathetic to the protesters' goals.

[Justsignedup]

> After all, the Westboro Baptist Church's protests don't seem to have been very effective at promoting the cause of homophobia

Those protests are to provoke people into physical violence. They are organized by a personal injury lawyer.

> Annoyance so that bystanders support the protesters' demands or annoyance so that bystanders act against the protesters out of spite?

People say a lot of shit, but actually doing an effort out of spite is work, if they do that, they probably think. This is how all protests work. The 1960s black rights protests would like to have a word with you regarding efficacy. :)

[hollerith]

What action am I supposed to take on behalf of these cognitively-privileged workers already earning six-figure salaries?

[Justsignedup]

Support them by boycotting. I don't understand your statement here. Are you saying that because you have it fairly well, that you should let your labor be as exploited as possible?

If I earn 200k a year, and my employer earns 1MM a year from my labor, why should I not protest for better work conditions, or more % of my labor? If my labor is valuable I should be able to capitalize on it as well.

A worker earning 20k who is making the employer 40k a year is earning a higher % of their labor value than someone making 200k earning 1M a year for the employer.

[hollerith]

>If I earn 200k a year, and my employer earns 1MM a year from my labor,

How would you or I know whether NYT earns 1MM a year from a striking worker or 100k?

You're just assuming that the labor's value is above the pay. Have you ever met a strike or labor action that you did not like?

[Justsignedup]

I think NYPD labor actions is something I feel strongly against.

- underpaid

- they fight tooth and nail for lack of accountability

- they get lots of fun benefits for overtime, so they make sure to arrest people so they can get overtime

I can't say one positive thing about the NYPD union, it is the "anti-accountability" union.

[hollerith]

OK fair enough.