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It seems to work pretty well in places like for example France. Have you seen what happens when a politician tries to take away a single sick day or reduce the
by grecy 9y ago
It seems to work pretty well in places like for example France.
Have you seen what happens when a politician tries to take away a single sick day or reduce their already-world-leading maternity leave? .. millions march in the streets for days and you can bet your bottom dollar come election time the responsible politician is swiftly voted out.
Those people care about what is happening in their country and how it impacts them. They know it's more important than football and cheap beer.
Americans have forgotten how to participate in Democracy.
- gambiting 9y agoFrance is a lot more compact than US, which makes for much more effective protesting - that is also true of other European countries. You can get to Paris from pretty much any point in France in few hours by hopping on a relatively cheap train, and blocking the capital with marches and protesting is a huge deal that people have to listen to. I know the same approach works to some great results in Poland - even if you're a miner from a rural town, you can get to Warsaw on a train in 3-4 hours for about $10 and protest all day long right in front of the parliment and get back home the same night. In US the impact is lessened, because it's very costly and time consuming for a lot of people to get to washington to protest, and protesting in state capitals is not quite as effective(and can still be expensive to get to, depending where you live). Also people don't get such strong employee protections, in EU no one could ever fire you for protesting, but in US if you miss work to go to a demonstration you can be fired without recourse.