For general strike US to become a viable thing, I think Trump, Musk or another R-nutjob has to come out and say how silly that idea is. Then with some publicized backlash to that, people will sign up to do it en masse, possibly with a few mayors or governors' support.

Debunking PirateSoftware's misconceptions (being charitable) is what spurred on the gaming sphere's mass attention to it.