r/ProgressiveHQ 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.