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"What do you mean, I can't fix this by posting on social media? Stop oppressing me π’π’π’"
I posted it all over X, why isn't it working?!
What is it you are suggesting exactly?
Perhaps The things Americans should be doing are the things you shouldn't post publicly about doing.
Protesting and organizing is a start instead of the defeatist "it won't do anything" or "but it annoys people." Proceeds to do nothing but annoy people online.
And then you get fired, and then you lose your health insurance
Unionize. Organize a strike with coworkers. Ostensibly for better wages, but actually for fighting back.
Unionizing does not make sense for where I am at. For those for whom it does make sense, they will get fired before ever coming close to having a union, and then they will lose their health insurance. Please see Amazon for a good example.
Defeatist logic never got anyone anywhere. It does work. There is so many companies actively unionizing right now, especially mid sized ones that can't simply close down shop. I'm on the ground, my local has 3 elections for it in 3 weeks coming up.
We're actually making a ton of progress on them. That might get wiped with the trump shit. But it's far from as impossible as their propaganda makes you want to think.
Alright, well, go ahead and get in the box car.
Listen mate. I'm not advocating for this viewpoint. I'm trying to illustrate for y'all the difficulties we face here, that are baked into the system. Obviously we need to unionize. A lot. Soon. But it's very much stacked against those who try. I will give them all the support I can. But these are very real challenges.
To suggest some things not directly related to the workplace:
These are all ways to increase the resilience of your community and reduce their dependency on their paychecks. These will also increase trust and reflexive solidarity between community members. This in turn starts making unions and strikes feasible.
Protests donβt work. Luigi does.
Look at countries that have successfully enacted change when they are angry with their government: Serbia currently, France whenever pensions are threatened, the Maidan Revolution, the Arab Spring (for what that was worth). What do they all have in common? Hint: it isn't posting from the comfort of your couch.
Well, I see how you reached that conclusion. Unfortunately the US is socioeconomically completely different than any of those places, and our own oligarchs have engineered the system to keep us in our place.
How true, Americans are much more oppressed and less free than Ukrainians under Yanukovych or Egyptians under Mubarak. People everywhere are saying they're the biggest victims by far β yuge victimhood.
Americans are fed insane propaganda from birth to death about how theyβre powerless to change our government. Itβs a total lie. And curiously, a large chunk of them are really into the second amendment to protect themselves against tyranny (wtf are they doing the tyranny is here). I guess weβll see what happens when president musk finally goes after social security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Here are some ideas: