I’m not sure who pegged the number for major change at 5%, but the good news is that with the numbers seen yesterday, a rough 1.45%-2.33% of total U.S. population (342,678,000 est. as of Oct. 18) made it out. Great work by the organizers and demonstrators, roughly halfway there.
I enthusiastically marched yesterday and at the demonstration in June, but I am against a third of those, skeptical of a third, and supportive of the rest. So I would be mostly against their causes. The No Kings rally yesterday focused on respecting the Constitution and opposing Executive overreach. My point is the longer the list demands, the greater the chance of alienating people.
Absolutely nobody should be taking this site seriously. It’s pretty disappointing that a non honey pot alternative hasn’t popped up yet (with Union support).
Take what seriously, exactly? The number count isn’t an accurate representation of who would be willing to strike. I don’t even know what would happen if 11 million people actually signed strike cards. But isn’t it doing its job of getting the word out that this is a possibility, and that it’s something we can work toward? Isn’t it giving people a way to organize and purposefully spread the word about the power of a general strike? Unless there’s something nefarious that I’m missing it’s doing exactly what I would want it to do.
I’m not sure who pegged the number for major change at 5%, but the good news is that with the numbers seen yesterday, a rough 1.45%-2.33% of total U.S. population (342,678,000 est. as of Oct. 18) made it out. Great work by the organizers and demonstrators, roughly halfway there.
http://www.generalstrikeus.com/ says 3.5%
I enthusiastically marched yesterday and at the demonstration in June, but I am against a third of those, skeptical of a third, and supportive of the rest. So I would be mostly against their causes. The No Kings rally yesterday focused on respecting the Constitution and opposing Executive overreach. My point is the longer the list demands, the greater the chance of alienating people.
Absolutely nobody should be taking this site seriously. It’s pretty disappointing that a non honey pot alternative hasn’t popped up yet (with Union support).
Take what seriously, exactly? The number count isn’t an accurate representation of who would be willing to strike. I don’t even know what would happen if 11 million people actually signed strike cards. But isn’t it doing its job of getting the word out that this is a possibility, and that it’s something we can work toward? Isn’t it giving people a way to organize and purposefully spread the word about the power of a general strike? Unless there’s something nefarious that I’m missing it’s doing exactly what I would want it to do.
They do have options to show support that don’t involved putting yourself into a database, but yeah.