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0 pointsbiophysboy5mo ago0 comments

To be fair, Minneapolis is raising hell and has been for the last week. There have been many protests in other cities as well.

I would also say that Trump and his cronies would absolutely love if this boils over into a violent riot. That would give them permission to double down.

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SilverElfin5mo ago· 6 in thread

I keep hearing this idea that boiling over lets them double down, but at the same time, it is not acceptable to let them keep doing what they do. Once the government starts using physical violence against the people and openly violating constitutional law, there is no choice, but to push back.

But that pushback can look different. Personally, I think that needs to be a massive general strike across every major city.

embedding-shape5mo ago

> Personally, I think that needs to be a massive general strike across every major city.

Yes, this tends to be really effective, especially when you're fighting the upper-class, which is more or less what's happening here as far as I can tell.

Get all the cleaners, cooks, hotel workers and other "servants" to strike, pool up to fund a salary-light for them while they strike, and you'll see changes quickly as the upper-class can no longer enjoy their status.

SilverElfin5mo ago

I also don’t get why the Democrat leadership is caving in on funding the government. An indefinite shutdown is called for at this point until the train of ethnonationalist authoritarianism is stopped.

potato37328425mo ago

>Yes, this tends to be really effective, especially when you're fighting the upper-class, which is more or less what's happening here as far as I can tell.

You're not fighting the upper class. It's the blue collar workers and the people who hire them who support ICE and strict immigration.

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Ray205mo ago

> Get all the cleaners, cooks, hotel workers and other "servants" to strike, pool up to fund a salary-light for them while they strike

You mean to try to get them all and find out they're not really against what's happening? There's a reason why socialists, originally fighters for workers' dictatorship, have almost entirely switched to supporting minorities and not workers.

biophysboyOP5mo ago

Totally fine with general strikes, particularly for the business that are accommodating and providing logistical services for ICE. Very much opposed to shooting wars. We don't have the firepower or the political power (yet).

giardini5mo ago

biophysboy says "Very much opposed to shooting wars. We don't have the firepower or the political power (yet)."

Who is the "We" in your statement? Are you talking about insurrection?

dpc0505055mo ago

They'll still murder millions of you for not being fascists if you stay passive, you're just making it easier for them.

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