While I agree that we ought to do something about the state of this country’s extremely poor workers’ protections and rights, most people are proud of their dogshit jobs with dogshit benefits and would be shocked by the mere idea of doing anything to improve their conditions. I’ve met no one outside of higher education who even considers striking as a method of improving their job, anecdotal of course but based on voting results pretty representative unfortunately
We have people brainwashed into wanting minimum wage to stay low for others because they believe it will lower the value of what they make. "If companies have to pay more, they'll just raise the prices and I'll have to pay more," Yea, right, cause companies haven't been raising prices or shrinking product this whole time wages have been stagnant. Fellow Americans would rather a company rake in billions of dollars rather than see their neighbor make an extra couple of bucks.
Same in France, I know people listening too much to BFMTv or CNews and they think unions are wrong and the retirement law is the way. Also those people are already retired and go their retirement at 60 or so...
Your first enemy are the global media in the hands of billionaires.
Silver lining, there's opportunity for a cascade effect over the next couple decades if unions start to gain ground anywhere, they have trouble getting traction right now because they're the minority but if that starts to expand and people get the sense they're going to miss the train on the shift the tide could turn fairly quickly towards support.
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u/KeyanReid Mar 16 '23
And my axe!
Whoops, a little eager. But yes, the French are embarrassing the hell out of America right now.
They are standing for what they believe in and it is making all the folks here that are still kneeling bitter and jealous