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I think a general strike could be the absolute most effective form of nonviolent resistance. Unfortunately, I have no idea how a nationwide general strike could possibly be organized. How do you get a couple hundred million American workers to even agree to do it, let alone actually do it? I know some people would respond that you don't need all workers, just enough of them, but, while even just 10% of workers striking could have a huge impact, people aren't going to direct the anger they feel about the resulting disruptions at the top, they'll direct it toward those workers.
I mean I'd likely instantly be fired and lose my house, healthcare, car, so would my wife and so would all my colleagues and their families (right to work state).
I know from the end of year state of company address the company has enough funds to last 4 months without any income whatsoever, an easy time period to replace us all with scabs, especially if they have no payroll to worry about.
When facing literal homelessness that would take maybe decades to recover from, I'd have to think very carefully about whether I'm willing to make that sacrifice on behalf of the health of a political system of a country where I'm not a citizen.
Honestly, the best kind of "survive but strike" would literally be to buy the bare minimum everything. I've already started myself. Cancel streaming services, get a cheap $20/mon cell phone plan, downgrade to the cheapest Internet connection, drive less to buy less gas. Everyone do everything in their power to spend as little as possible, collectively, across the entire country. That punches those shits in the "economy" while collectively we still mostly survive. It also means you will have a surplus of money to save up, or pay down debts faster.
The one thing to truly make this succeed, however, is an advertising campaign to let them know we are all doing it. Billboards, ads on every DC TV/radio/stream/podcast, robocalls and emails to every government official that this won't stop until they get their heads out of their collective asses. That part would take some capital.
The best part of the advertising campaign is it's basically reverse-propaganda. As more people see it, more people will start doing it.
Edit: The propaganda should be designed to look like the US propaganda from WWII like “buy wisely - cook carefully - eat it all” to enhance the gravity of the situation.
If that doesn't work, and it comes down to full-on fascism, it isn't going to matter if your family has a home or not, because we're all collectively fucked.
All true. It's a complete dead end. A nice idea, but not realistic.
https://generalstrikeus.com/
I'm definitely participating in this
People already direct the anger they feel towards democrats and minorities, so this isn't that big of a deal, IMO.
The bigger challenge will be getting people who barely have any money as it is to actively participate in not making money. It just isn't gonna happen. People are too broke to focus on anything else yet. Frankly, people aren't desperate enough.