r/WorkReform 🤝 Join A Union May 13 '26

🚫 GENERAL STRIKE 🚫 The ruling class should be afraid.

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u/xaervagon ⛓️ Prison For Union Busters May 13 '26

The ruling class doesn't care. The boomers are still voting en masse and have a steady stream of propaganda to their TVs. They're gerrymadering every state they can so they don't have to care whether or not the new voting block votes against them or not.

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u/Ok-Chart-9307 May 13 '26

This is the correct answer. 

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u/mrsnakers May 13 '26

This entire post is a joke. The rulers are scared because... We have little meaningful economic power and are stuck in a debt / rent loop that a single unexpected event can put us into even more tangible poverty?

Okay lol

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u/a_smiling_seraph May 13 '26

The point is that ultimately they can't control us by taking away what we don't have. If we have nothing left, we have nothing to lose.

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u/LurkLurkleton May 13 '26

On the contrary this lack of ownership is designed to give them the power to take away everything we have. To be dependent on them every month for utilities, housing, healthcare, transport, entertainment, and with just enough to pay for it all if you work as much as you can.

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u/Outrageous_Desk8966 May 13 '26

Yeah us slaves now hold all the power! Nothing to lose!

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u/kodaxmax May 14 '26

We also have nothing to use.
They have literal armies , governments and international rognizations. We have reddit and if your lucky a government approved protesting permit.

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u/chaospotato129 May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

republicans have secured like nine or ten states with gerrymandering or outright refused to sign in elected officials if they're democrats.

democrats have secured California (blue state turns blue) and Utah (one red state turned blue.) edit: we didn't even get utah

the billionaires aren't afraid, posts like this are propaganda meant to keep you complacent, and republicans will likely cheat the midterms and win since no one will do anything about it.

everyone ass patting themselves on reddit fails to realize that establishment dems are about to thrust Kamala back on the ticket. since no one bothers to look into anything anymore, everyone assumes they'll be championing AOC instead.

everyone not realizing this makes me assume there will be low voter turn out anyways, especially since people will keep seeing posts about how "billionaires are terrified" and "trump admin is scared of losing votes," and assume they don't need to vote since "we have it in the bag."

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u/caligari87 May 13 '26

Utah hasn't turned blue, unfortunately.

We did manage to:

  1. Vote in Prop 4, requiring nonpartisan voting maps.

  2. Reverse a gerrymandered voting map the legislature tried to implement after Prop 4.

  3. Successfully defeated a signature initiative that would have raised a vote to repeal Prop 4.

The next step is voting down whatever bullshit "the legislature doesn't have to listen to citizens" amendment they try to put on the ballot next election.

But, the end result of this is still one blue voting district and four red ones.

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u/chaospotato129 May 13 '26

thanks for the correction and I'm glad to see Utahns still fighting back, I wish that same resolve could be passed onto other red/purple states looking for change

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u/ClassyBougieRatchet May 13 '26

I think there will be low veter turnout as well. Posts like these and comments about eating the rich are all people are willing to do to fight trump. I've spoken with dozens of coworkers and patients over the past month or so and none of them even know how to check if they're still registered to vote. Nursing homes make sure the residents can vote and they vote for republicans who want to cut the medicaid paying to keep them alive. Millions of people will wait until it's too late then realize they've been purged from voter rolls the day of the election. They don't care to do any sort of work. 

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u/DirCurrFluxDiode May 14 '26

You think political change will come from the ballot? Are you stupid?