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We have no way of carrying out a general strike right now. GSUSA is a pretty good group trying to build capacity, and UAW President Shawn Fain is pushing for unions to renegotiate their contracts so that they all end on May 1st 2028, obvs including UAW.
General Strikes are illegal in the USA, a union can't call a legal solidarity strike, thanks to Taft-Hartley. I'm not a legalism guy, I think legalism is an illusion the workers need to overcome. But the fact is, we haven't overcome it. Even a lot of pretty militant leftist groups in the US have a "new constitutional convention" fetish, it's even in the old DSA program.
There is no infrastructure for it. A few dozen Americans on Lemmy not showing up for work isn't gonna do shit. The best chance we got is 2028, which will be badass if Trump is still in office.
There is so much work to do and frankly its frustrating when people are like "just do impossible thing". Stand up and help us we need help so badly. I think a lot of people in USamerica who say this kind of shit have absolutely no fucking clue what they're talking about. No one wants to give up a fraction of their quality of life to have a political discussion about real shit. People just want someone else to come along and save them, and then even if someone does come along, complain if we don't have our butt kissed just the way we like it. The only thing we know how to do is speak to a manager. We are a nation of Karens. We are not ready.
He will never leave office willingly. He tried to overthrow the government last time he lost and this time he's a LOT better entrenched. You can't vote out a dictator. If you don't act and put your hopes in an election that won't help you, you've already lost your democracy. And honestly, you'll deserve it.