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Augiedog

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35. Your point is well taken, but I am neither wealthy but not one pay check away from financial
Thu May 11, 2017, 01:45 PM
May 2017

ruin. Maybe two paychecks. I was at one time a union steward and a trustee. So I suppose there is a certain part of me that has this reaction to our government failing and being sold to the Russians.

It probably is unfair for me to have suggested this, but it is that, just a suggestion. I'm calling for a conversation. Obviously I have no power beyond that.

But I wonder what will be left of our paychecks when tRump and his un indicted co-conspirators have finished wrecking the social fabric and undermining the safety net that a significant portion of Americans have been forced to rely on, due not to their own actions, inactions or morals, but due to a rigged game in favor of the real takers and eaters.

If you think I am callous and unthinkingly wishing harm to those who are least able to stand up to the demons that have come to possess our national structures, please disabuse yourself of that notion, I would never advocate for that. I can see where you would believe otherwise and for that I applogize.

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I am so in! Chasstev365 May 2017 #1
If it was economic. If consumers stopped spending money, the underthematrix May 2017 #2
No JustAnotherGen May 2017 #3
Beat Me To It! ProfessorGAC May 2017 #7
They could and probably would TRY to chalk it up......... socialist_n_TN May 2017 #14
Then We Disagree A Bit ProfessorGAC May 2017 #17
Well, if it doesn't disrupt the economy in a significant way........ socialist_n_TN May 2017 #19
Back To Agreeing! ProfessorGAC May 2017 #21
Well the Brazilian GS in late April is analogous to what it would take......... socialist_n_TN May 2017 #23
Been There ProfessorGAC May 2017 #25
A general strike is, by its nature,........... socialist_n_TN May 2017 #12
We are too diverse in America - even by region JustAnotherGen May 2017 #24
We don't have enough men participating in activism so far- the marches, the calls to congress, the bettyellen May 2017 #32
Workers do not have enough Alpeduez21 May 2017 #4
The job security in the immediate term comes from......... socialist_n_TN May 2017 #15
ya but the shit is hitting the fan like it's 1974 eShirl May 2017 #28
people will not jep there jobs dembotoz May 2017 #33
It works in other places because their social safety nets aren't tethered to employment. HughBeaumont May 2017 #5
Nope. Because they've already come to their senses about where the money comes from. Bucky May 2017 #6
No since there won't be a national general strike Lurks Often May 2017 #8
Is that because Trump is so popular?.......... socialist_n_TN May 2017 #10
If done correctly, a nationwide general strike is the ONLY thing........... socialist_n_TN May 2017 #9
Pure fantasy... brooklynite May 2017 #11
No mountain is climbable LanternWaste May 2017 #16
Very well then; explain how you'll climb the mountain... brooklynite May 2017 #18
To climb that mountain first you're going to have to have repression...... socialist_n_TN May 2017 #20
A general strike is impossible in the United States. MineralMan May 2017 #13
Here is a report on an actual General Strike...... socialist_n_TN May 2017 #22
I was just thinking that lapfog_1 May 2017 #26
I observed the last one BainsBane May 2017 #27
I wonder if people who call for this kind of thing are just wealthy or or if touch Lee-Lee May 2017 #29
Your point is well taken, but I am neither wealthy but not one pay check away from financial Augiedog May 2017 #35
this is america, we have no national conscience... beachbum bob May 2017 #30
when it runs on NYT or washington (sic) Post let me know... LanternWaste May 2017 #36
If Gingrich and Turkey Neck can shut down the government ... lpbk2713 May 2017 #31
We're too spread out as a nation. A general strike will have to last a week to work... haele May 2017 #34
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