Social violence is still violence. The ruling class tries its best to blur the lines and make it seem okay because it’s legal. But in many cases social violence is even more deadly than regular violence. Most people understand that, which is why the ruling class needs a strong police state in order to feel safe.
Directing the attention towards the voters instead of the democratic party is a deliberate tactic to create division among the working class. The democratic party has way more power than your neighbour who didn’t vote. Getting angry at your neighbour will only alienate them further. It’s a waste of energy.
Join the union and find out. Most unions are still following the old ineffective strategy of advocacy instead of organising. But they are usually somewhat democratic so you do have a say in that.
Jane McAlevey No Shortcuts: Organising for Power in the New Gilded Age is a great book to learn about unions and union strategy
A strike takes a lot of preparation, most of which is unionising and convincing your coworkers to join the strike when it’s time. A strike at a workplace is only successful if 75% of workers join in on it. Some US unions are ready for it, but a lot aren’t. If you want to contribute, join a union or start unionising. Resistance is built from the bottom up and strong unions are the most effective method.
Read Jane McAlevey No Shortcuts: Organising for Power in the New Gilded Age to learn about how to make a successful union and how powerful a successful union can be.
Cops of lemmy, what’s it like to arrest/beat up/kill poor people whilst defending the rich?
Paid services profit if they reach a broader audience so they pay people to post on forums and other social media about their services.
Anyone with any sort of means of influence has a way to profit off of the situation. Resistance needs to happen from the bottom up.
How do you argue against an obvious lie? It’s not really worth it.
No one on hexbear is wasting money on the domain. The consensus is that the money is much better spent on mutual aid.
Liberals endorse a system that requires impoverished unemployed people to function (reserve army of labour). I don’t see why we should not shit on anyone that supports such violence on our own people.
That’s only effective on the blahaj instance.