While government funding shutdowns do hurt more, the difference is that a general strike is an expression of the power of the Proletariat, while a government shutdown is an expression of the power of the Bourgeois parliament.
The Bourgeois parliament can be a progressive force when it is at odds with even more reactionary forces, but it will never be in the direct interest of the worker.
Valid perspective. It’s just that in America, we have NO worker protections, so if someone joins a General Strike, they can, and will be, fired, and there is NOTHING that they can do about it. I doubt they’d even be able to collect unemployment benefits.
I’m self-employed, if I don’t work, my family goes homeless and hungry. Nobody hates Trump and MAGA more than me, but I’m not destroying my family over something that simply won’t work. MAGA doesn’t care if people go on strike. They’ll fire them all, and there will be an endless line of scabs willing to take their place.
They’ve driven Citizens to the brink, and we have to constantly fight the pressure, or we’ll go over the edge. A General Strike is asking people to voluntarily jump off the cliff, to force MAGA to behave.
MAGA will NEVER behave, they’ll just watch people jump off the cliff, and laugh.
That’s why people organize. Black people with job insecurity fought against worse odds in the civil rights movement. You build community and mutual aid so you can afford to strike and get the concessions you need, and then keep organizing because the struggle doesn’t end there.
While government funding shutdowns do hurt more, the difference is that a general strike is an expression of the power of the Proletariat, while a government shutdown is an expression of the power of the Bourgeois parliament.
The Bourgeois parliament can be a progressive force when it is at odds with even more reactionary forces, but it will never be in the direct interest of the worker.
Valid perspective. It’s just that in America, we have NO worker protections, so if someone joins a General Strike, they can, and will be, fired, and there is NOTHING that they can do about it. I doubt they’d even be able to collect unemployment benefits.
I’m self-employed, if I don’t work, my family goes homeless and hungry. Nobody hates Trump and MAGA more than me, but I’m not destroying my family over something that simply won’t work. MAGA doesn’t care if people go on strike. They’ll fire them all, and there will be an endless line of scabs willing to take their place.
They’ve driven Citizens to the brink, and we have to constantly fight the pressure, or we’ll go over the edge. A General Strike is asking people to voluntarily jump off the cliff, to force MAGA to behave.
MAGA will NEVER behave, they’ll just watch people jump off the cliff, and laugh.
That’s why people organize. Black people with job insecurity fought against worse odds in the civil rights movement. You build community and mutual aid so you can afford to strike and get the concessions you need, and then keep organizing because the struggle doesn’t end there.