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What's preventing a General Strike in the United States? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 13 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

Keep the serfs destutute so they can't organize against the rich, disgustingly lavish aristocracy is a tale as old as time. We're literally seeing ruling philosophies Medieval kings used and people say this is the best system.

[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2 points 3 hours ago

Destitution didn't stop the French, it emboldened them.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

The other half of it is conditioning a society to be so dependent on convenience and little luxuries (yes, even poor people in US have luxuries compared to other parts of the world) that they technically could strike, but doing so would be so below their standard of living that it would not be sustainable.