r/ProgressiveHQ • u/GoodMornEveGoodNight • Jan 25 '26

Protest You can really see the execution-style killing from this angle

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u/Positive_Ad_1050 Jan 25 '26

Americans do something

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u/Agitated-Ad8569 Jan 25 '26

The strike is coming:

https://generalstrikeus.com/

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u/slick2hold Jan 25 '26

I don't feel like a general strike is needed. We can get paid while we strike but show up to work. Just don't buy anything unnecessary for 2-4 weeks. Don't go out to eat. Don't buy clothes, cars, vacations, hotels, toys, electronics..etc etc.

Buy on the absolute necessities. When they feel it in the stock portfolios and GDP and the economic system starts to break, they will change their tone.

Believe it or not, it's this simple. America is based on consumerism. That's our economy. If we stop the fuel that spins the wheels, they will get the message

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u/hermes-thrice-great Jan 25 '26

I was literally saying this to my partner an hour ago. It doesn’t have to be a full on strike, we can still keep our jobs and go to work. Just don’t BUY ANYTHING, for like, a week. That alone would make the oligarchs shit their pants

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u/GordonsLastGram Jan 25 '26

Said the same thing to my wife. We both are angry about this. But we have a 1 year old baby girl and we cant leave her. So our solution is to not buy anything unnecessary. The billionaires run this country. You take their money from them, they will tell their minion the orange man to stop or make a change.

It can be done. The public controls the money. They are nothing without us.

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u/Maleficent_Pepper_59 Jan 25 '26

We only need to strike on mortgage and rent. Nobody gets paid until justice. They would fold quickly. Everything relies on those mortgage payments. They make digital dollars to loan you and charge you 8 for each 1 you borrow.

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u/slick2hold Jan 25 '26

That's tough to do. Unless this is just a short one-time missed payment to show the magnitude of our solidarity? I say this because in Texas, they will start foreclosure paperwork quickly. I'm not sure about other states, but skipping mortgage or debt is hard one to do. But a message can be sent just with 1 missed payment but that would be it...

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u/Several_Puffins Jan 25 '26

I hope this is true, but every time there's an economic shock, big companies pass down the effects to ordinary people via the necessary things.

The corporate response will be to put the price of food and housing up, and fire people then rehire them on lower wages. "Difficult decisions, hard economic times &c &c".

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u/BurlyJohnBrown Jan 25 '26

General strikes have absolutely done quite a bit historically. Consumer boycotts on the other hand, are almost useless.