Edit: a second video explaining more in depth the problems with this strike. Some organizers have been pushing “across the aisle” style recruiting and trying to bring on Republicans and fascists:

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMdtUwy6N/

  • Hoyt [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    is this the breadtube strike again? where a bunch of lefty youtubers thought they could do... something... by like not uploading or watching for a day? cuz that was embarassing

    • DeathToBritain [she/her, they/them]
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      3 years ago

      no this is a bunch of kids decided that there's going to be a 1 day general strike on october 15th. no unions have signed on, their FAQ is full of lies like you can't get fired while striking, and they have no organisation at all. and a bunch of too online people who've never been in a union think this is gonna be some huge deal

      • Hoyt [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        oh that's even worse. "My discord has like 300 people, how hard can a general strike be lol. maybe i'll even make an event on facebook"

      • jabrd [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I see it posted about a lot on /r/antiwork. There's a lot of genuinely desperate people who are ripe for organization who have clearly never read any theory to know what to do but have their heart in the right place. It's sad because it betrays how absolutely non-existent the left is in the US. There's all these people out there who hate their job, hate their boss, absolutely need support because they're being pressed against the grinding blades of capital but there's no organized faction for them to go to so instead they just post about their anger online as if that will conjure something into reality

    • space_comrade [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah that was the point where I completely stopped taking breadtube seriously, that was a big yikes.