What naysayers don’t get about ‘No Kings,’ the biggest protest in U.S. history | Will Bunch
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The “No Kings” movement brushed off its doubters with a record turnout that gave protesters hope in an age of insanity.

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What naysayers don’t get about ‘No Kings,’ the biggest protest in U.S. history

leaders with the most prominent Trump-resistance group organizing “No Kings” answered that complaint Saturday when Indivisible’s Ezra Levin took to the stage in Minneapolis and announced that a nationwide general strike is planned for May 1, modeled after a successful local action that shut down much of that region in January

    • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 hours ago

      I didn’t wake up today with the intention of being a downer, but the odds of a general strike happening are vanishingly small.

      Just not gonna happen.

      Americans simply don’t have that kind of solidarity or the breathing room to go without a paycheck or lose their jobs.

      It’s the fastest and least violent way to bring this treasonous government to its knees, but I don’t see it happening. I’m not even aware of any historical examples of a general strike on a large scale anywhere.

        • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          8 hours ago

          Probably not. I work a critical local government job. Didn’t get to work from home during COVID either.

          A general strike is just not really a feasible thing. Even in a country where most people weren’t living paycheck to paycheck, you’d still have to worry about getting fired as retribution for taking part. And savings don’t last long.

          Again, I don’t know of any instance of a general strike in history. For a reason.