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I'm not being facetious but genuinely curious: who would issue such an order with enough authority for you to follow it?

• ceejayoz 2y ago
  Not OP, but someone with a significant national platform and an explicit call (dates, details, support from other prominent folks), not a generic "we should do something!" hint. I'd find calls from, say, AOC or Taylor Swift more interesting than rando red rose LARPers.
  • rsanek 2y ago
    Swift? i don't think we should be looking to entertainers for political leadership, that's just following in the footsteps of how we got Trump.
    • ceejayoz 2y 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.
      • anigbrowl 2y ago
        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.
  • morkalork 2y ago
    It could get blown out like occupy wallstreet, or, if a natural leader arises to keep momentum focused, they could end up like MLK...
  • lm28469 2y ago
    If you wait for someone else to do the hard work nothing will happen, look at the French yellow vests, it started from nothing, and the causes were laughable compared to what the US is going through now https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_vests_protests https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_vests_protests