ChonkyOwlbear

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.

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.

You're right we have to try, but this method won't work. You can't ask people to sacrifice that much without more of a certainty of success.

Thats my point. Making less money is good with sliding scale therapy. Some places even do it for free if you're broke enough.

Train as a masseuse. Get a job at Mar-a-lago. Work there for 3 years. After that time very non-employee there I have touched all spontaneously combust simultaneously.

There are sliding scale healthcare places. Even if you make $40k, you can still find options for around $60 a session. And if that's still too much, selling a gun for a couple of sessions might help in multiple ways.

I just cook bacon any time I need to re-season it. Lol.

As long as 49 states have employment "at will" and health insurance is tied to employment, it's just not going to happen.

Grieving is a skill, not just something that happens. There are people who can teach you how. Look for a therapist that specifically is trained in grieving.

After my father died suddenly, I felt like you did. I couldn't sleep because every time I closed my eyes memories of him flooded in. A breakup can be a lot like a death. Worse in some ways. You have to accept you can't see that person again, but unlike a death you know they are still out there. Mentally the processing of the feelings is the same though. Having a professional to talk to helps a LOT.

This is my specialty. Once my friends and I BBQed at a park but forgot the spatula and tongs. I smashed an empty soda can flat with a rock and wedged it on the end of a stick to make a spatula. I also sharpened and split a stick to make a sort of two pronged fork. It did the job.

Correction - Has led, is leading, and will lead...

It is becoming more and more apparent to me that the founding fathers didn't envision a society where duels didn't exist to act as a brake on this sort of behavior.