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What is the Shutdown 315 Movement?

Edit: Because of the number of negative and discouraging comments that are counterproductive to the message of this post, I have decided to remove select comments that discourage organization. I apologize in advance if your comment is removed inadvertently.

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[โ€“] figaro 25 points 9 hours ago (13 children)

Man it's going to be great when all 50 of us get fired from our jobs.

Wake me up when normies are on board. I'm not fucking up my life for nothing.

[โ€“] zaperberry@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago

Especially when you realize that March 15 is a Saturday.

No doubt this was organized by a Monday-Friday worker who would face no repercussions for this. It just screams "I want to do something without sacrificing anything" while expecting those working weekends to likely sacrifice their jobs and stability. Most people work Monday to Friday. Do it during the week for maximum effect.

I support the idea behind it but until people stop waiting for others to make the sacrifice nobody is mobilising. Even then it'll be hard to convince people. If somebody wants others to make a sacrifice and stand behind the cause then they should be setting the example and making that sacrifice first. I haven't really been seeing that.

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