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Classic culture usa. Whine, complain, and bitch, about how you ruined your country, and then any and all sacrifice you have to make to stand against it is too hard, inconvenient, or sudden for you.

If your job helps people in need, or you will literally starve for more than a day or two without a missed shift, then obviously don't harm others of kill yourself for this. But a lot of comments here really look like it's too much work, and they'd rather just watch other people step up instead.

Maybe your rich ass can afford to drop everything for a last minute planned protest, but the rest of us live in reality.

First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist

Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist

Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist

Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew

Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me

While quoting this might seem apt in view of the rise of fascism in the US, it's not actually the correct situation right now when the protest is too short notice and too badly organised. Also kind of ironic looking at the rise of leftist antisemitism.

Well done for copy and pasting a quote to make you look big smart.
Its still too short notice and badly organized.

Why are you going out of your way to misunderstand ayrt's post? They literally said they understand if there are folks who can't make it, and gave the reasons why. Why are you arguing? If you're trying to cover up for your own guilt in not doing anything at all (or even trying to find out what you can do), then that's not anyone else's problem but your own. You literally have no obligation to come on here to justify how your personal situation exempts you from taking action.

Not at all what that anon said. They said "If you help people or would starve you're excused otherwise you're just trying to get out of it" which just demonstrates a really privileged POV. They're likely not American and do not have any clue about the toxic work culture there.

What you’re overlooking in the comments is that nationwide there won’t be enough participation to have any effect. Most of the country can’t just skip work or not spend money on necessities. It’s a poorly planned and poorly advertised protest that depends on record numbers it cannot get. It’s too much, too late. Plenty of people who have been joining protests for the last few weeks will be at work in the morning and at protests over the weekend. It isn’t about wanting others to step up; it’s that this is a laughably pointless idea dreamed up by some incredibly privileged and ignorant people.

I couldn't agree more. I've seen better organization a month ahead of boycotting amazon during their sales season.

Not with attitudes like I see here. I agree with ayrt, always an excuse with Americans and never a solution.

Goddamn, literacy is dead. ayrt didn't "overlook" anything at all. You're the one ignoring the fact they understand there are people who can't participate.

Did you miss it? Here it is again:
If your job helps people in need, or you will literally starve for more than a day or two without a missed shift, then obviously don't harm others of kill yourself for this.

It's fucking bean soup discourse all over again. "But I can't personally do that because it's impractical!" Except worse because you're discouraging those who CAN participate from participating.

Yep, literacy is dead because YOU only see that exception sentence and ignore the whole "Ugh shitty Americans just make excuses" tirade. For a lot of people, this isn't about ~starving without a missed shift~, it's "losing a job because you called out last minute to attend a useless boycott". Calling out last minute can have much longer lasting effects on people than just having a bit less money because of a missed shift. And that's not just an issue certain few individuals potentially face, have you lived under a rock the last few years?

The protest had no impact because not enough people participated. Just as everyone was pointing out and what the person you’re defending claimed was typical American excuses and whining.

The circle of "I won't participate because it won't make a difference" to "see it didn't make a difference because people didn't participate" is so sad. And also very American. We just had a huge protest in my city and shut down an ICE detention center. If everyone had just said "eh what's the point" or "it's too cold" or whatever then nothing ever changes.

And there you go missing the point still. No one is saying they don’t agree with protests. No one is saying they won’t participate in protests. THIS protest was poorly planned. It was not designed to shut anything down. It was an empty gesture dreamed up by people who have no idea how to plan and conduct an economic blackout. It was bizarrely combined with walkouts and then planned for such short notice that it literally could not work. That’s it. That’s what so many have been pointing out.

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