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If there's ever been a time for a NATIONAL STRIKE (Original Post)
Control-Z
Jun 2018
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unblock
(52,316 posts)1. we sure as hell need to find a way to push back. voting ain't enough.
all their cheating aside, voting every two years just isn't enough. things happen too quickly.
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)2. It's easy to destroy just about anything.
Takes no time at all. But building it takes time. Hundred of years to make this country. 2 years to wipe it out.
unblock
(52,316 posts)3. how do we protest?
how do we slow it down, or at least position ourselves to best rebuild?
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)4. It's time to fight just as dirty as the GOP.
And I mean in every possible way for everything large or small.
sweetapogee
(1,168 posts)5. for example?
tell us what you are going to do exactly.
WhiteTara
(29,722 posts)7. I'm for the strike on the National Mall.
Don't leave until they do. Spend everyday sitting on the mall with a sign or in the Capitol talking to congress critters until things are different. I know that saying that is easy and hard to do. How do we live and pay bills, etc? But do we have a life left if we fail?
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)6. Normally I'd agree. I love the idea of a general strike
but -- consider this
ElementaryPenguin
(7,800 posts)8. You're absolutely right.