Ugh, yes, mass picketing (unless/until everything has entirely broken down) I don’t see as a US possibility. As you said, those with the stratigic positions don’t seem interested. Way more of the country has people working in restaurants, fast food, retail, call centers, all kinds of “essential” but severely underpaid work. Factory labor being replaced by prison labor, folks terrified of losing their healthcare, because it’s tied to your employer, losing their homes as most are 1 paycheck away from homelessness.
It’s been decades in the making to remove our abilities to feel enabled to fight back. So many accepted for so long the “We’re the best!” while distracted with their sports and shiny baubles with their decreasing free time for thinking and learning and real socializing.
I will take all sparks of hope. I will believe that more than one pair of people will meet, and have ideas ignited that could bring energy and spirit back to fight against the growing tyranny.
I am often called a pessimist, I always say realist. HOPE for the best, even better than expected! Plan for the worst, it’s often inevitable.
- Have not read, I’ve bookmarked it but I am going back to school at an old age and have much reading material to slog through in my off hours now. Have not gotten much enjoyment reading in, in quite awhile. …Unless you count my breaks reading memes… is that reading?
From the blurb, I feel I am familiar with material related. I remember being very young in Sunday school and being taught the whole “turn the other cheek” and forgiveness unconditionally, and the confusion when I asked “no matter how many times?” - I had gotten “picked” on a lot, real early (I now know the word nuerodivergent, didn’t exist then or at least there). They were adamant, everytime, all the time. Then their disgust and horror when I said that “was stupid. That won’t make them stop.” …Babbling about riches in heaven, heathens in hell or some shit, as they removed me so we could “have a talk with my parents”. …With suuuch a far spread, fast (or I’m old and everything just seems fast anymore?) soo far right, I’ll fight the liberals again once the fascist are squashed back in their stank hole.
Back in the 90s… friends and I went to a restaurant with a salad bar that no longer exists, in full goth wear. Another customer there loudly complained to staff that we should be kicked out because of what we were wearing (no nudity. no graphics or words, just lots of black, eyeliner and big boots) the whole time. He arrived shortly after us and, while we could hear him repeatedly saying things, he never directly spoke to us. Weirdo.
Staff was very polite to us, and we to them, other dude was the only one freaking out.