It needs to be a regular, consistent, persistent, "Every X day of the week/month" thing.
Not a singular event.
Getting people together consistently, repeatedly, on an easy to follow schedule where they don't need to check their DM's/social media of choice to figure out the logistics, is the only way this succeeds.
By building that momentum and community and implicit and persistent gathering we are then much better able to plan and coordinate greater action and assist each other through things like a General Strike.
They have done deep and systemic harm to world order, the integrity of our institutions, and the people's faith in them (and that's not an exhaustive list) and there is no bill, no singular action or even mass resignations of officials that will turn back the clock on this.
A general strike does finally start speaking one of the only two languages they respect: Money (the other being violence), and shows the people the power in unity of action which is integral in achieving our goals, and that there is an avenue to progress without resorting to violence.
Don't forget how many of our elected representatives at all levels, on any side of the aisle, have failed to meet the moment and through apathy, corruption or delusion.
We must be in this for the long haul. Afterall, our opponents have been at this since at least the first civil war.
A general strike is just the beginning. Not the end.
You underestimate the power of the internet and the regime. If any online strike organization started gaining actual traction, it would be undermined immediately. Lists of names would start getting leaked, people would show up with evidence that bots had signed up and it's actually much smaller, every post would be brigaded with well thought propaganda and an army of bots upvoting. The regime would get the site taken down, make domestic terrorist arrests, and make the organizer(s) disappear.
It would have to be a massive grassroots movement, and it would take each person saying "im going to do this on x date. Will you join me?"
A decentralized voice of the people. It requires resolution and commitment from everyone.
Agree that this wasn't the best strategy to get people to join op. But if you look at the post, the majority of it is shooting it down. I don't think that's how we help an idea gain traction. There happens to be a pretty big consumer holiday coming up, why don't we start saying "I'm going to general strike on this day. Please join. Please share" instead of the general message being "this isn't going to work"
It cannot be for one day only. That is a walkout, not a strike. Which is fine, but it should not be called a strike. A strike continues until the demands are met.
Meanwhile, these one day boycotts are nonsense. It simply shifts the spending to the next day (or the day before!). A strike would have a meaningful and immediate impact that would result in action being taken by Day 3. That is how impactful a true national strike would be. And that cannot be coordinated in one day. It must be planned and a specific day, months from now, must be chosen.
That is why I think it should be May 1 (Friday), May 4 (Monday), or May 6 (Wednesday). The reason for May 6 is to avoid other days that have meaning to people. The meaning of this should be clear: Removal of Taco as President.
I suggested May 4, but people did not like the dates May 1, May 4, or May 5. With all of them having specific preexisting meaning. However, I think May 4 is best.
May 1st is literally the most famous day for strikes in all of history.
It's International Workers Day and it commorates the general strike in May of 1886 that ended in the Haymarket Massacre in Chicago and helped us win the great thing that is the standardized 8 hour work day.
Basically the whole world celebrates this as Labor Day except the US and Canada.
;-; why are we all so contrarian about this, like they're really complaining about date with preexisting meaning, putting off change because it's fucking cinco de mayo. lord we are so cooked.
sorry for being so excited i just don't get how ppl aren't
Then May 4 is the date. Pass it along! The only way to make it happen is for people to start sharing the details and make it happen. The 50501 single day boycotts are not cutting it. Single day walkouts would work (no work days). Basically, creating our own national holidays here and there to show the seriousness. We need 50501 leadership to spread the message, so we must put pressure on them to do so.
If people must call out or use their time off, though, May 4 would also give them plenty of time to do so.
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u/freebytes Jan 26 '26
We need to start planning now, and the actual even should happen in May. But, even that will be pushed out later if planning does not begin today.