• LostWanderer@lemmynsfw.com
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    6 months ago

    If only Americans protested like the French, we’d be in such a better place. Politicians would actually work for us, I hope they win continued access to gender affirming care!

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      6 months ago

      Damn right. They take away Union benefits from one worker the rest of them shut down the Country!

      In USA they fire half the staff, double the workload for no extra pay for the remaining and they think “at least I still have my job…”

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        6 months ago

        Yeah, that mentality of ‘at least I still have my job’ with the added cost of work/life imbalance and stress is wild to me! Corporations shouldn’t have so much power as their staff are the ones bringing in the profits. Sane business models can be profitable, respecting their staff’s time and effort. I can only hope more people wake up and unionize! As there have been victories here that should blaze a path.

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          The reason the “at least I still have my job” is a thing here is because the US has virtually zero social safety nets, especially healthcare. If you lose your job and your savings is not where it needs to be, you can find yourself on the streets pretty damn fast.

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            6 months ago

            Yep, in many cases people live paycheck to paycheck without being able to save money for an emergency. Often, we are just one emergency away from homelessness! By design, the US has very few avenues in the way of social safety nets (the few we do possess for those who are disabled or elderly, are being attacked by Republicans). People have voted against their own best interests enough to cause this crisis; it will be an uphill battle to destroy those walls built against real change.

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      6 months ago

      I mean the recent university protests in the US are a good first step. To socially normalize protesting there is no other way than just doing more protesting.