Belligerent Savant wrote:Well, if we're going to opt for fanciful notions of change, there are less forceful options that can be attempted, though of course it would require mass buy-in, an unlikely scenario given how efficient The Establishment is in keeping the populace fractured and divided (both in opinion and socio-economic status). But if we're gonna dream:
- Worker strikes, specifically workers deployed in services that keep the hyper-capitalist system moving: TRANSPORTATION (airline, mass transit, etc) -- we saw how quickly Trump capitulated on the govt shutown once flight attendants threatened to strike. Imagine the power we'd have as a collective to affect change if we organized on a broad scale, with specific demands?
- Mass opt-out of tax payments. Similar to the above. Tax money may not be utilized as we believe, but that's moot. It's all about the optics, which in this scenario would be in The People's favor.
- Mass opt-out of voting. Again, if organized properly with buy-in from the majority -- across demographics, race, gender, class -- they sure as hell will listen.
Yeah I did breeze past those other options, thanks for bringing them up. I tend to agree with Jack's analysis, especially about voting boycotts. Beyond the kind of desirable cultural changes we'd like to see—which are probably more in the realm of artists, making the laws is how we affect political/economic change. I can see how it might sound a bit Pollyanna-ish, but voting is probably more important now than ever. Because I can't think of any other direct way to make the laws reflect the needs and desires of the people. Right now, the laws tend to cage "us" when the laws should be caging "them."
About AOC and Venezuela, her university degree includes some concentration of international relations, she's not dumb and hopefully her constituents will hip her the situation.