Political Memes

How dare you!

Our benevolent job creators promised that, in exchange for turning the bull loose through our blind submission, doting servitude, and complete acceptance of the destruction of the commons for their exclusive profit, they would rain down glorious golden showers of prosperity upon all of us!

We've only been waiting... looks at watch... about 50 years. They could start pissing that wealth down any second now, don't fuck this up for us!

Sincerely, the quintessential American sucker.

May 1, 2028. May Day

These things take time to plan. There's a very good chance it could happen.

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/uaw-general-strike-no-class#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20most%20interesting,known%20as%20International%20Workers%20Day.

Any general strike needs to concentrate on one tangible issue — like Medicare for all.

Without a single focus, it will just evolve into another “occupy wall street”.

I'm actually going on my first strike in 2 hours

Problem is, people are not in a position to do that. We cant just not work, or we just go homeless. It's very much rigged and i dont know a practical way to get out of this mess on a societal level.

As much as i agree, much of the world is about to enter winter and people may struggle to feed/house themselves if they

Stop collecting pay cheques or

Get their bank accounts frozen by their government for protesting

In the spring/summer local farmers/gardeners can contribute food more easily and turning off the heat is less of an existential threat.

Sorry mate, it IS your business.

“Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business."

Has this ever happened in America? I'm having trouble finding a historical reference with these modern search engines. I just get articles about Striketober, whatever that was.

https://join-a-union.github.io/

Good luck

They have successfully enslaved us all. Not physically, but mentally.

At this point I would join any kind of protest in my city. There's so much to protest about

Unless OP is a billionaire it is their business.

I think we should take a cue from Shawn Fain (United Auto Workers president) and prepare for a real general strike in 2028 when the Big 3 auto makers return to the negotiating table.

How do we do this? Anything that can enable those on strike to keep their homes and keep food on the table for long enough to break the capitalsts.

This means building community

Think about how we, how millions of us are going to eat when the grocery stores are closed because strikes broke supply chains or salty company owners close to spite strikers. As long as we are almost totally dependent on the capitalists, we can't realistically expect to resist them. If you want change, start growing some of your own food as real first step. Second step is coordinating with your neighbors. Third step is figuring out what to do when your landlord come knocking.

Apparently Teen Vogue is where it's at lol, I keep seeing them come up in surprising ways. https://www.teenvogue.com/story/uaw-general-strike-no-class

The problem is that not everyone is salaried/ union and if they stop going to work for any reason whatsoever, they will lose their home, car, food.

I feel you but not yet. There is not enough class consciousness to pull this off right now

How about now?