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  • Well said. From my outsider perspective a general strike is ideal for the situation in the US rn. The benefits of a general strike are

    1. you can force politicians to pass things they wpuldn’t have the initiative to pass themselves (like universal healthcare), as long as you have a manifesto that’s surgically precise (eg. with pre-prepared drafts of laws) and you refuse to cease until that manifesto has been passed as law verbatim.

    2. it’s still fully constitutional. On paper, the politicians came up with these ideas and passed them out of their own volition.

    3. the unity & platform created by a general strike would create very good conditions for a 3rd party to have an actual chance of winning seats.

    All you need is some philanthropist who will create a massive strike fund.