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by ceejayoz 503 days ago
You're not gonna get a general strike without people with significant national influence pushing for it, and it's not gonna be Chuck Schumer.
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They're not gonna push for it without grassroots organization, which means doing things at the local and online level to get the idea in wide circulation. It's not a startup.

Absent this, people will get more and more frustrated which will eventually manifest as riots as it did in 2020. So if you prefer a more peaceable outcome, I think it's better to talk up the idea of a general strike rather than talk it down.