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it is frustrating to see calls for a general strike when people having no understanding that there isn’t a lot of power in that if people don’t belong to some sort of organizing home. you need a way for people to have collective power for more than a day.

i am fine with people who don’t see voting as a path to change. but you can’t just say that we can do a general strike and get out of the work of organizing people for more than a day. 1% of the workforce is unionized. fewer people than ever belong to churches or fellowship groups.

you need people to belong to something. you need places where you can build a collective identity, shared values, educate people, and activate them. getting millions of people to show up for a day or two doesn’t do that.