For most of U.S. history, general strikes have been rare–not because workers lacked the will to fight, but because the ruling class moved quickly and violently whenever that power surfaced.
401k isn’t really a strong point it may have once been. I doubt anyone under 30 today expects to ever see it pay out anywhere near as much as it would need to to keep pace with inflation. Hell i expect retirement age to be higher than most people in my family live to.
Weird. I don’t know anyone with a 401k that wouldn’t be willing to general strike. Having a 401k is more of a reason to do it. It means there is some financial security.
I have a 401k and I say fuck it: general strike these assholes. The innumerable gains we’d see by wresting back control of the country would make decimating it worth it, plus I’m likely to die in the Climate Wars™ before retirement age anyhow.
General strike everywhere is what I’m hoping to see. The real power of the working class. Let us wield it until the world is a better place for all.
Ask anyone with a 401k and they balk. They dream themselves as “part of the club.”
Maybe if the markets crash over the AI bubble they would be motivated, but my perception of American comradery is extremely dim at this point.
If anyone has suggestions of how to change those hearts and minds, lmk, I am genuinely interested.
401k isn’t really a strong point it may have once been. I doubt anyone under 30 today expects to ever see it pay out anywhere near as much as it would need to to keep pace with inflation. Hell i expect retirement age to be higher than most people in my family live to.
Weird. I don’t know anyone with a 401k that wouldn’t be willing to general strike. Having a 401k is more of a reason to do it. It means there is some financial security.
Isn’t the point of a 401k that if you get fired for striking you can keep your retirement?
It’s not like a pension where you lose it if you’re not at the company for X years
I’m saying people who have 401ks have responded to my discussions around a general strike with disdain, wether they know this or not.
I have a 401k and I say fuck it: general strike these assholes. The innumerable gains we’d see by wresting back control of the country would make decimating it worth it, plus I’m likely to die in the Climate Wars™ before retirement age anyhow.
I realize I’m one person but I have a 401k and I’m not balking at the idea.
Yeah same, I’d back a general strike. Whether I have a 401k doesn’t even enter into the picture.
just gotta move your 401k over to IAU and VXUS first