The first step is convincing enough people that those are our only options. We are nowhere near to having a critical mass for either of those options to work.

[–] Maiq@lemy.lol 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I agree.

The longer we do nothing meaningful the closer to the later being the only option.

I don't fancy our chances against militarily armed domestic forces. Most on the left I'd wager never fired a rifle.

I want to end this shit with the least amount of bloodshed and the least amount of suffering as possible.

Protests are only a minor disturbance. A slight inconvenience that is easily ignored. A general strike on the other hand would cause major disruptions to the fascist class. If they loose billions in stock value in a week we show our real power.

Most ultra rich live borrowing against their assets. They aren't Scrooge McDuck diving into a pool of gold coins. Tank the market and you cut real deep.

Most of the fascist owner class have so much tied to the market, it's our best chance!

If other countries can do a general strike and win, so can we.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

General strikes that involve the whole population are super rare. I could see something like the one in 1989 in Czechoslovakia where it was for two hours on one day only. The problem is that general strikes are usually organized through unions and there simply isn't that structure for most of the country.

[–] Maiq@lemy.lol 1 points 9 hours ago

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250409-greek-general-strike-hits-transport-and-commerce

Unions are key for sure when you want coordination. That should not stop us thiugh.