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?

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    7 days ago

    It would look like monkeys flying out of millions of butts. Too many people are afraid of eviction, no dinner, taking a hit on their credit rating, etc.

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      There’s more revolutionary spirit in the average african child than in an average american. That’s their legacy now, history’s greatest pushovers.

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        I think it’s more sinister than that.

        People with nothing can act recklessly because they have nothing to lose. People with more than enough can act recklessly because they’ll survive.

        So they’ve let us have just enough to be scared of losing it, but not enough to be comfortable or have the capacity to cause problems.

        It’s genius really.