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But the EFF doesn't provide services to the government; this action will actually benefit the 'offending' government officials by relieving them of the pressure

by nickff 9mo ago

But the EFF doesn't provide services to the government; this action will actually benefit the 'offending' government officials by relieving them of the pressure the EFF is intended to effect.

1970-01-01 9mo ago
Exactly. The Monday backlog will be twice as big as usual and somehow this is also the measurement for a successful strike??
- barbazoo 9mo ago
  Sure, if you needed a haircut the day of the strike and you didn't cut your own hair, you're still gonna have to go to the hairdresser the day after. Maybe as part of the general strike you cut your own hair or you just skipped a completely optional purchase though so there is no backlog the next day.
yladiz 9mo ago
Many strikes don’t directly affect government services, so I don’t understand your point.
- nickff 9mo ago
  In this case, the EFF striking would help "ICE's reign of terror", by removing a watchdog.
  - rigrassm 9mo ago
    It calls for no work, school or shopping, not for them to stay home and close their eyes.
    - nickff 9mo ago
      I thought that the EFF’s ‘work’ was to ‘open people’s eyes’ by highlighting important concerns. Put another way: should television and newspaper reporters not work, and avoid covering any of the protests?
mingus88 9mo ago
You don’t seem to understand what a general strike is
- nickff 9mo ago
  I just don't think a general strike should necessarily involve government watch-dogs; people like them and the media should work harder to amplify their messages.
  - mingus88 9mo ago
    Why should anyone care what you think about this? You clearly don’t understand collective action, so why don’t you just go about your business as usual?
    - pixxel 9mo ago
      [dead]
    - cyberdick 9mo ago
      living up to the name dingus88
  - tim-tday 9mo ago
    And yet many people here are just hearing about this due to the EFF announcement.
- CamperBob2 9mo ago
  If everybody doesn't participate equally in the general strike, then it's basically burning down your own neighborhood to protest something that happened on the other side of town. If everybody does participate, then it amounts to burning down the whole city. It's such a dumb idea that it's almost indistinguishable from an attempt at subversion by the actual parties/powers being protested. Announcing such an effort 3 days ahead of time while making no specific demands is just icing on the proverbial cake.
- subsistence234 9mo ago

by nickff 9mo ago

But the EFF doesn't provide services to the government; this action will actually benefit the 'offending' government officials by relieving them of the pressure the EFF is intended to effect.

1970-01-01 9mo ago

Exactly. The Monday backlog will be twice as big as usual and somehow this is also the measurement for a successful strike??

barbazoo 9mo ago
Sure, if you needed a haircut the day of the strike and you didn't cut your own hair, you're still gonna have to go to the hairdresser the day after. Maybe as part of the general strike you cut your own hair or you just skipped a completely optional purchase though so there is no backlog the next day.

yladiz 9mo ago

Many strikes don’t directly affect government services, so I don’t understand your point.

nickff 9mo ago
In this case, the EFF striking would help "ICE's reign of terror", by removing a watchdog.
- rigrassm 9mo ago
  It calls for no work, school or shopping, not for them to stay home and close their eyes.
  - nickff 9mo ago
    I thought that the EFF’s ‘work’ was to ‘open people’s eyes’ by highlighting important concerns. Put another way: should television and newspaper reporters not work, and avoid covering any of the protests?

mingus88 9mo ago

You don’t seem to understand what a general strike is

nickff 9mo ago
I just don't think a general strike should necessarily involve government watch-dogs; people like them and the media should work harder to amplify their messages.
- mingus88 9mo ago
  Why should anyone care what you think about this? You clearly don’t understand collective action, so why don’t you just go about your business as usual?
  - pixxel 9mo ago
    [dead]
  - cyberdick 9mo ago
    living up to the name dingus88
- tim-tday 9mo ago
  And yet many people here are just hearing about this due to the EFF announcement.
CamperBob2 9mo ago
If everybody doesn't participate equally in the general strike, then it's basically burning down your own neighborhood to protest something that happened on the other side of town. If everybody does participate, then it amounts to burning down the whole city. It's such a dumb idea that it's almost indistinguishable from an attempt at subversion by the actual parties/powers being protested. Announcing such an effort 3 days ahead of time while making no specific demands is just icing on the proverbial cake.
subsistence234 9mo ago