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[–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The government shutdown IS a General Strike, one that really hits them where it matters.

We should embrace it in that spirit. We will hold the government hostage until MAGA understands that giving tax cuts to Sociopathic Oligarchs by cutting the health care to the rest of Americans is UNACCEPTABLE.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    The government shutdown IS a General Strike

    No it's not a general strike. That is a lack of funding and OMB has a policy memo explaining how furloughed workers cannot work during a shutdown. It cites to 31 U.S.C. 1342. So, by law they are prohibited from working, thus this is not a strike.

    A general strike would be to like not go into work for a few days en mass.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I know what a general strike is. The point is that the government shutdown is nearly the same thing. The only reason other countries haven't employed it before is because the mechanism is uniquely American, baked into our system.

    Other countries have to shut down their entire country with a general strike. We can shut down just the government, and punish the problem directly.

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