Flippanarchy
Flippant Anarchism. A lighter take on social criticism with the aim of agitation.
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Agreed on the vast majority of that.
Now let's say you were employed by the USPHS, or VA, or IHS, or... there are other federal healthcare agencies, right? Anyway- you quit because Trump is a dickhead, and now what? Those supplies you're distributing just got cut off. That doesn't help anything.
The pitch I'd make: if you're working for any part of the govt that's functioning as an oppressor, then you should have quit a long time ago unless you're actively sabotaging. Falling that, better late than never - GTFO now. But if you're working for any other part of the govt, do your job and keep in mind who you serve - hint: it's not your boss. Don't be a silent pencil pusher like the 'little guys' in the Tuskegee experiment, speak the fuck up. But don't just quit - use your position to actually serve the public, whether in an official capacity or akin to what you described.
So... I'm with you mostly, but I do hold that there's a distinction between forces like the ICE Nazis and actual public servants employed by the govt.
Absolutely, individual actions will (almost) never solve systemic problems. The only way government employees quitting would make a bit of difference, while ensuring the welfare of those now unemployed workers, would be through robust organization and community support for the dissenting federal workers.
Dual power is essentially non-existent in the states, and those structures would need to be built in order for a strike like this (and broader resistance movements) to be more than a flash in the pan