No room for defeatist shit like this. Every journey begins with a step. There’s always people saying things haven’t gone far enough, fast enough, and they say that noise while standing still and trying to slow down the rest of the pack. We all get through this mess together, one step at a time. Start stepping or stop bitching about the steps, because presently you are just in the way.
This is a major step. The last time anything resembling a national strike happened in 1946. Every journey starts with a first step.
I know people want more, but don’t let perfection be the enemy of the good. This is a good thing! For the power of the people, for worker solidarity, to honor these poor murdered people…
So why give it a time limit? I guess that’s the part I find incredibly self defeating. Why not say "The general strike starts on * " and let it go from there?
Look, just three weeks ago, complainers were bitching that Americans were too complacent, and a general strike would never happen. Now, a general strike is happening, and you’re complaining that it’s only a day? Even this was allegedly unthinkable at New Year’s!
I’m sure if we ever manage to organize a national, indefinite strike, there will still be people like this saying it’s not real action so it’s irrelevant.
Some people won’t be happy until they see bodies of dead Americans in a bloody civil war, but they just don’t have the courage to come out and say it.
Because the national momentum is going to fizzle out quickly if there’s no end in sight and no concrete achievable demand.
I will assume you are asking genuinely, but I hope you realize that every step that has prepared people to strike has been disparaged by people saying “not enough!”
I don’t think such a strong yet peaceful resistance to ICE could have happened without the series of No Kings protests.
I don’t think that the statewide strike could have happened without the persistent yet peaceful protest and resistance.
I don’t think the national one day strike could happen tomorrow without some evidence of it being successful and effective at the state-level, which it was.
An ongoing strike will be more likely to be successful if it follows a series of one day strikes. Yet a certain contingent cries “forever national strike now”, as if that can manifest itself just by saying it. So I’m sorry if you’re taking heat for a genuine concern, but it follows a long line of other users questioning if any action is “enough”.
In the realm of strike action, it’s like rotating strikes for an industry or work-to-rule instead of going directly to an all out work stoppage. These are tools you need to take time and prepare to use, and use them effectively. America’s not used to resisting the federal apparatus en masse like this in decades. Allow people some time and training. And I don’t imagine tomorrow will be the last day people decide to take action to resist the Trump admin.
No one can commit to infinite execution independently, and no one can commit others to a cause either. Why complain that a protest ends too soon and is therefore pointless instead of advocating to extend and expand the protests?
Its just unhelpful. Its like the people just pointing at the illegal shit trump is doing and saying “its illegal” it’s true but it doesn’t change anything about what is happening. America does not have the mutal aid networks required for a long term general strike.
Is this how suicide bombing started? Like people didn’t have a plan and weren’t organized so randos just started making the sacrifice for freedom by chipping away at the enemy?
One day. 24 hours. That’ll show 'em (that we’re unable to muster anything more).
No room for defeatist shit like this. Every journey begins with a step. There’s always people saying things haven’t gone far enough, fast enough, and they say that noise while standing still and trying to slow down the rest of the pack. We all get through this mess together, one step at a time. Start stepping or stop bitching about the steps, because presently you are just in the way.
Hear hear!
This is a major step. The last time anything resembling a national strike happened in 1946. Every journey starts with a first step.
I know people want more, but don’t let perfection be the enemy of the good. This is a good thing! For the power of the people, for worker solidarity, to honor these poor murdered people…
We just need to build momentum.
So why give it a time limit? I guess that’s the part I find incredibly self defeating. Why not say "The general strike starts on * " and let it go from there?
Look, just three weeks ago, complainers were bitching that Americans were too complacent, and a general strike would never happen. Now, a general strike is happening, and you’re complaining that it’s only a day? Even this was allegedly unthinkable at New Year’s!
We don’t know the future. Let the momentum build.
Gotta shift those goalposts.
I’m sure if we ever manage to organize a national, indefinite strike, there will still be people like this saying it’s not real action so it’s irrelevant.
Some people won’t be happy until they see bodies of dead Americans in a bloody civil war, but they just don’t have the courage to come out and say it.
There weren’t enough dead bodies in that civil war!
Because the national momentum is going to fizzle out quickly if there’s no end in sight and no concrete achievable demand.
I will assume you are asking genuinely, but I hope you realize that every step that has prepared people to strike has been disparaged by people saying “not enough!”
I don’t think such a strong yet peaceful resistance to ICE could have happened without the series of No Kings protests.
I don’t think that the statewide strike could have happened without the persistent yet peaceful protest and resistance.
I don’t think the national one day strike could happen tomorrow without some evidence of it being successful and effective at the state-level, which it was.
An ongoing strike will be more likely to be successful if it follows a series of one day strikes. Yet a certain contingent cries “forever national strike now”, as if that can manifest itself just by saying it. So I’m sorry if you’re taking heat for a genuine concern, but it follows a long line of other users questioning if any action is “enough”.
In the realm of strike action, it’s like rotating strikes for an industry or work-to-rule instead of going directly to an all out work stoppage. These are tools you need to take time and prepare to use, and use them effectively. America’s not used to resisting the federal apparatus en masse like this in decades. Allow people some time and training. And I don’t imagine tomorrow will be the last day people decide to take action to resist the Trump admin.
No one can commit to infinite execution independently, and no one can commit others to a cause either. Why complain that a protest ends too soon and is therefore pointless instead of advocating to extend and expand the protests?
I’m not sure that “don’t just do something, stand there” is a particularly useful sentiment, especially given how successful last Friday’s action was.
Then you’re misreading my sentiment. Because it’s “Lets do more than that!”.
Lol say that then instead of all this other defeatist nonsense
You’re not wrong, it’s just that this isn’t the crowd that likes to know this.
Its just unhelpful. Its like the people just pointing at the illegal shit trump is doing and saying “its illegal” it’s true but it doesn’t change anything about what is happening. America does not have the mutal aid networks required for a long term general strike.
Is this how suicide bombing started? Like people didn’t have a plan and weren’t organized so randos just started making the sacrifice for freedom by chipping away at the enemy?