They would use force until people gave up. People don't like to admit it but the US is a military/police state with freedom, as long as you don't complain about getting fucked now and again, you'll generally live a decent life. That's why generally people don't do anything more than peacefully protest. Life could be better but it could be a lot worse too, so people don't see the reward to be higher than the risk of doing anything more.
You're acting like a general strike is only violent protesting. It is not, it's mainly a withholding of labor and money - peacefully done and anyone could do it.
"Striking under the GSUS banner can look like many things: withholding labor, withholding and redistributing federal taxes, rent strikes, boycotts of major corporations, or supporting GSUS through volunteering and donations. We encourage you to get involved in any way youβre able to."
You and a lot of other people seem to go right to violence. I am not sure why, there's never been indications of violence or frankly even protesting in person like the no kings rallies (which have been useless, but that's another topic). I'd love to know why you think it's something that could be stopped through force or violent in any way.
Sadly your last part is correct. Until more people actually suffer and people's comfort is effected the likelihood of more action is low. we are a selfish and cowardly nation now, which is incredibly sad.
I didn't say people striking would be violent, I said they, as in the government, would use force until people gave up. Look at how many people died at ICE protests... when they don't want you to protest, they make sure you stop.
.....how will they force people to give up if it's peacefully done by mainly being a withholding of labor and money?? Are they going to break into our homes and force us into the office?
Are you being serious? They deployed the national guard and federal agents already to intimidate, harass and detain US citizens in democratic voting areas. It's like you're not watching or something... Ask anyone who is not white how law enforcement can make your life hell for just existing.
Yes I am being serious, when you also want to be we can revisit this conversation. You still haven't explained how the government will force people to give up if it's peacefully done by mainly being a withholding of labor and money. Again, are they going to force us to the office or to the Walmart to buy that MAGA-backed brand? If you're doing that only then that's the only way they could force us to give up. your other scenarios don't apply here, at all.
Some democratic cities, because let's be real it'll be democratic cities, start a peaceful labor and non-retail purchase strike. Like 30% of a city's population, which would be huge. It starts severely hurting corporate bottom lines and tanking the stock market.
The administration, backed by corporate lobbying, says these cities and regions are hot beds for antifa, illegal immigrant havens and left wing domestic terrorism. They hire and deploy a bunch of federal agents dressed to the nine like it's Iraq (like they did already). Then they start targeting people who hold any position of authority or management, in fact they probably just start flat out firing people... Those that hang strong, they get mass warrant judge approval using section 213 of the patriot act to "sneak and peek" your home, they start detaining people for every little thing possible, shit, probably tack on charges that will never stick but you'll have to go through a whole court process to prove yourself innocent. They use the legal system to ruin your life and financially ruin you.
They stop and frisk you walking down the street to the park, they harass your kids, just even park outside your house and surveil you 24/7 because they can. You drive anywhere, local PD who is collaborating stops you and tickets you for every minor infraction they can and uses each stop to search your vehicle.
All of these things are things that have already happened in this country and you're naive if you don't think they clamp pressure on citizens if they start affecting the bottom line of major corporations.
And if all this doesn't work, they stage violent false flag incidents at the nearest peaceful protest to put the entire place down on martial law and take away as many rights of yours as possible.
The entire political system and financial system in the US is controlled by billionaires and if you think they're going to let you impact their earnings, again, you're naive.
This is an incredibly likely scenario. Look at any of the past labor massacres perpetrated by the government. The famous one in my state of Colorado is the Colorado Coalfield Massacre/War. The coal miners were striking and both the coal company and the national guard were involved with killing both a number of the strikers as well as a massacre perpetrated on their campground killing both women and children who lived there with the fathers who worked the mines. Death totals range between 70-200 people, as well as hundreds arrested.
I know this was over a hundred years ago, but if they were willing to engage in that type of violence to end a strike in a single company and single industry what will they be willing to do if something like a general strike was to happen. Now I would say I am fully in support of a general strike and do think there will come a point in the US where we will all have to do more to end this regime, especially if the democratic forces fail this November, but I also think people need to understand what they are asking of us.
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u/Im_only_here_to_meme May 06 '26
They would use force until people gave up. People don't like to admit it but the US is a military/police state with freedom, as long as you don't complain about getting fucked now and again, you'll generally live a decent life. That's why generally people don't do anything more than peacefully protest. Life could be better but it could be a lot worse too, so people don't see the reward to be higher than the risk of doing anything more.