Ruben Gallego is calling for usians to conduct a general strike "if" the Trump admin interferes with elections more than usual (e.g. by sending ice to polls). I say the Democrats will not do anything about the election interference because a general strike takes material support, robust communities, and organization. This vague call for a strike does nothing to support any of those things. The democrats have not, historically, supported these things with anything but lip service. So, when a general strike does not appear from thin air next winter, the democrats will just throw their hands up in defeat, blame the citizens for not striking hard enough, and send donation request emails.

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[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I say the Democrats will not do anything about the election interference because a general strike takes material support, robust communities, and organization.

2000 shows that the Republicans could just steal the presidential election and the Democrats will just stand there and take it. Democrats will not do shit.

[–] DeepSpace9mm@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 hours ago

Thank you for the sample of truth biscuits from your assortment.