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jberryhill

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57. Agree on voting

Reply to Whiskeytide (Reply #56)

Thu Dec 20, 2018, 07:16 PM

Dec 2018

The majority of adults in this country can’t bring themselves to vote, but someone thinks they are going to strike?

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Maybe we need a National strike? Boycott America. All of us shut the country down. Stop buying. [View all] pwb Dec 2018 OP

No thanks. I need to buy food and many other essentials. mobeau69 Dec 2018 #1

Yea food we all need that? pwb Dec 2018 #5

Boy did you miss the point! lunatica Dec 2018 #7

There's a lot of that going around. mobeau69 Dec 2018 #15

Jesus! You did it again. lunatica Dec 2018 #18

Wait till tax time. It'll happen without us having to go through the bother of organizing it. Squinch Dec 2018 #2

yup TeamPooka Dec 2018 #6

BINGO! mobeau69 Dec 2018 #8

Yep workinclasszero Dec 2018 #54

4 days before Christmas? Most everyones shopping is probably done for the year. Crutchez_CuiBono Dec 2018 #3

Just putting it out there. We can fight back? pwb Dec 2018 #11

Oh trust me, Crutchez_CuiBono Dec 2018 #16

If you have been really Wellstone ruled Dec 2018 #4

Maybe it will mean something bad for the 1% lunatica Dec 2018 #9

I'm into it. n/t violetpastille Dec 2018 #10

been doing only essentials since the infamous (non) election Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #12

Me too. I tighten my spending with every republican president. pwb Dec 2018 #17

Gosh, me too. Crutchez_CuiBono Dec 2018 #20

Let us know when you've organized one... brooklynite Dec 2018 #13

This again? Where does this perennial weed come from, anyway? Good luck getting Americans... Hekate Dec 2018 #14

Got it your out. pwb Dec 2018 #21

Targeted boycotts work. Specific strikes work. Targeted marches work. In America. But... Hekate Dec 2018 #34

I think it would work for me jberryhill Dec 2018 #37

No mountain is climbable until someone climbs it. LanternWaste Dec 2018 #39

This country can't even get half its citizens out to vote. Good luck. Hekate Dec 2018 #43

It was climbable before it was climbed jberryhill Dec 2018 #52

Just for shits and giggles.... jberryhill Dec 2018 #32

In my experience, some people live in fantasy-land Hekate Dec 2018 #38

If you're looking for fantasy-land and indulging in wishful thinking, elocs Dec 2018 #45

Often wistful, but seldom wishful. Well, at least the people I like to talk to. Hekate Dec 2018 #49

"All of us shut the country down." The problem would be there is no 'all'. elocs Dec 2018 #19

History says it has worked? pwb Dec 2018 #23

History says it has been used, not that it has worked. n/t elocs Dec 2018 #25

History says it worked . pwb Dec 2018 #29

Really? You can cite (from good sources) US labor history that supports this assertion? Hekate Dec 2018 #42

Then why in your previous post did you pose that as a question? n/t elocs Dec 2018 #44

The last national strike in US history being, uh, when? jberryhill Dec 2018 #33

The lack of precedent is an excuse, not a reason. LanternWaste Dec 2018 #40

The poster referred to "history" jberryhill Dec 2018 #41

So do nothing? pwb Dec 2018 #47

How many of you are there? jberryhill Dec 2018 #50

You can just watch then. pwb Dec 2018 #53

In other words, you've got nothing. No goals, no strategy, only random question marks... Hekate Dec 2018 #59

I am not going to lock horns with you over a fucking question mark. pwb Dec 2018 #61

Hopefully the 3 weeks after Christmas when lunatica Dec 2018 #22

So what would be our "demands" ... Whiskeytide Dec 2018 #24

CEOs, the 1%.? pwb Dec 2018 #26

How are you going to measure "leaving the government alone"? muriel_volestrangler Dec 2018 #31

What is the condition on which the strike ends or continues jberryhill Dec 2018 #36

We are a capitalist society. Some... Whiskeytide Dec 2018 #56

Agree on voting jberryhill Dec 2018 #57

What is this, "Think global, but shop loco"? No, don't punish business owners for Trump's treason Bucky Dec 2018 #27

Kicking because I agree, we need a national strike. Our greatest weapon.... Hotler Dec 2018 #28

A national strike in the U.S. is simply delusional. elocs Dec 2018 #48

Well bless your heart. Hotler Dec 2018 #60

Not a problem here MissMillie Dec 2018 #30

Yes we do but will never happen we cant even get half the population to vote standingtall Dec 2018 #35

And push the country into a depression? No, thanks. n/t pnwmom Dec 2018 #46

No welcome. pwb Dec 2018 #51

Buy local - locally produced products from locally owned Perrenial Voter Dec 2018 #55

Few think things are bad enough to warrant such actions. Kaleva Dec 2018 #58