I keep seeing articles about the tech sector billionaires going mask off. I remember there being rumblings of a tech sector union. Also in the last 4 years there have been some ground gained for unions in the service sector too.
Wages are suppressed and with the looming tarrifs goods will be more expensive. Also anyone earning under 300k is going to see an increase in taxes with the proposed tax structure.
It seems around 30% of the population are really excited about Trump, 1% of that are funding efforts to support his platform. So what do the other 70% do? Do they strike?
Sure, nothing to disagree with there. Direct action as a spearhead to party politics and lobbying. Good cop, bad cop. I know the Dutch example well. Throughout history the Dutch have been the ultimate pragmatists. They became one of the world’s richest and most equal countries without ever needing to have a revolution or make war on the neighbors. Respect.
I was just pushing back against the (many) ignorant American wannabe revolutionaries on this forum who really think that rioting and assassinations and guillotines will somehow lead to the promised land of perfect equality, rather than make everything even worse than it already is.