I mean, you say General Strike like that's the obvious but impossible answer. It is obvious, but it's definitely not impossible. If the libs really wanted to lead instead of die on their own sword for procedure, they would absolutely instigate a general strike. Labor IS what keeps things going, and if democrats did more than just kneel in performative solidarity, they could use their power and platforms to relentlessly call for the people to refuse to go to work until Republicans back down. The democrats could go on about how they'll do everything within their power to slow things down procedurally, but directly tell the American people that that's not enough. It's going to take more than a moment of silence, more than a march, and more than procedure to bring about justice in this country. Democrats could say to the American people that voting ain't gonna cut it, and politics requires more than checking some boxes every couple of years. Democrats could fill the void left by a neutered labor movement (which of course the democrats were responsible for facilitating), and act as an organizing hub and logistical support for the working class. A general strike could easily be organized if the democratic leadership came out in unified support, so we shouldn't treat it as some kind of infeasible pipe dream. That attitude is manufactured helplessness.
Democrats claim to be the party of labor, but they refuse to actually leverage the power of labor in even the most dire (for liberals) of circumstances. It's the ultimate evidence of their impotence and irrelevance, they cannot lead the people to reassert their power because that contradicts their own ideology. The working class is to be managed in the view of democrats, not empowered. To the people who feel powerless and leader less right now, point out how easy it would be for the democrats to use their supposed connections to labor to facilitate a strike, and help radicalize some new comrades.
No I definitely wasn't saying impossible, I just threw it out there as the obvious one I know of. I wanted to hear more options and I was being wholly serious with the post.
I mean, you say General Strike like that's the obvious but impossible answer. It is obvious, but it's definitely not impossible. If the libs really wanted to lead instead of die on their own sword for procedure, they would absolutely instigate a general strike. Labor IS what keeps things going, and if democrats did more than just kneel in performative solidarity, they could use their power and platforms to relentlessly call for the people to refuse to go to work until Republicans back down. The democrats could go on about how they'll do everything within their power to slow things down procedurally, but directly tell the American people that that's not enough. It's going to take more than a moment of silence, more than a march, and more than procedure to bring about justice in this country. Democrats could say to the American people that voting ain't gonna cut it, and politics requires more than checking some boxes every couple of years. Democrats could fill the void left by a neutered labor movement (which of course the democrats were responsible for facilitating), and act as an organizing hub and logistical support for the working class. A general strike could easily be organized if the democratic leadership came out in unified support, so we shouldn't treat it as some kind of infeasible pipe dream. That attitude is manufactured helplessness.
Democrats claim to be the party of labor, but they refuse to actually leverage the power of labor in even the most dire (for liberals) of circumstances. It's the ultimate evidence of their impotence and irrelevance, they cannot lead the people to reassert their power because that contradicts their own ideology. The working class is to be managed in the view of democrats, not empowered. To the people who feel powerless and leader less right now, point out how easy it would be for the democrats to use their supposed connections to labor to facilitate a strike, and help radicalize some new comrades.
No I definitely wasn't saying impossible, I just threw it out there as the obvious one I know of. I wanted to hear more options and I was being wholly serious with the post.
Good response, I appreciate it.
Gotcha I misread the tone. Glad you liked it all the same haha.