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The announcement comes the same day a White House official told NBC News that President Donald Trump would be attending the game.

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[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 94 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Fire all black people and somehow fault them for the whole thing.

At least if the rest of the country does not show solidarity and doesn't organize a general strike - which is illegal by the way.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 53 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Fire every black person in the NFL??? Hooooooooboy.

2026 headline. "NFL viewership falls to 3. As in there are now 3 people still watching."

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 25 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Point taken.

Just don't pay them, get them arrested and lease them back from the prisons. Slavery is legal in the US after all.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

Pretty sure Adam Sandler produced a documentary about that years ago.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 9 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Why are people talking about a general strike in the USA? Surely you must realise everyone is too busy keeping their heads above water.

[–] gift_of_gab@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Why are people talking about a general strike in the USA? Surely you must realise everyone is too busy keeping their heads above water.

As opposed to the other general strikes done in times of plenty and happiness?

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Our healthcare is tied to our work here in America. Losing that kind of safety net is scary, especially when you will be beaten by police for protesting, and now you need to go to the hospital.

[–] gift_of_gab@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Our healthcare is tied to our work here in America

And general strikes were how you got any health care, time off, better work hours, work safety, etc. The fact is, we're at the point where people have to do this, and it sucks, and no the boomers didn't, but some of their parents may have (depending where you're from.)

The fact is Americans believe the narrative that they can't strike because they'll 'lose too much,' but the reality is they'll lose it anyway. A Fascist Oligarch is literally stealing their SSN's and personal info to put them on lists and they're still saying "yeah man but if I don't work my shift at waffle house I won't make rent." Will you when they decide you're not white enough to work? Or not white enough to cross the street? Or that women aren't allowed to do that job anymore? Or when they just arrest you because you looked at a cop at the wrong time?

Kids being born just to throw onto the wage slavery pile, the worst healthcare of any peer nation (and most below), leading cause of death for pregnant women is being shot by their partners, concentration camps being set up, an entire middle class gone and replaced with people a hundred bucks from destitution, a child's most likely cause of death is gun violence in their schools, super PACs, Citizens United, the Patriot Act, skyrocketing rental costs, skyrocketing grocery costs, and you just roll over for all of it.

What WOULD it take for you guys to do something?

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The French understand the concept of worker solidarity though.

[–] gift_of_gab@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Yeah but Americans have fought back before, too, just not Gen-X or Millenials.

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Look at the years on those. American workers gave up and gave in from 67 till 83, and then never did it again. It's sad.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 21 points 15 hours ago

General strikes usually happen when people realize that they won't be able to keep doing that.

[–] tortina_original@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

What the fuck? No wonder Trump is doing whatever the fuck he wants, Americans are too busy thinking about losing some of the comfort if they try raising their voice.

General strike and massive protests should have happened days ago.

It is beyond surreal that he is just face fucking everyone right now, and noone is doing anything. Because they are worried about losing their comfort.

Just wait a bit longer and you won't have any comfort left anyway.