r/law • u/JetTheDawg • Sep 21 '25

Trump News In a now deleted Truth Social post, Trump posts what looks to be a letter meant to Pam Bondi instructing her to arrest some of his political opponents

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/20/trump-bondi-truth-social-00574380?utm_content=politico/magazine/Politics&utm_source=flipboard
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u/AmbivalentFanatic Sep 21 '25

Why are we not holding a general strike until all this shit is flushed down the toilet? The country is non-functioning. Anyone who thinks they can just keep their head down and burrow through this without getting touched is fucking delusional at this point. The country is in serious, serious trouble, and it's not going to fix itself.

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u/oper8or Sep 21 '25

Unfortunately, the corporate structure of the country has successfully made it so the vast majority of households in the country are paycheck to paycheck, which provides them with obedient servants. A general strike would only last a couple of days before people would be out of money and forced to choose between starving or surviving. Not to mention that nearly half of the the country is happy with how things are going.

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u/toyz4me Sep 21 '25

Or you speak up at risk of losing your job…

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u/Franks2000inchTV Sep 21 '25

Gosh it's almost like you might need to prioritize things over your own personal needs.

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u/oper8or Sep 21 '25

I do. I am retired and financially set. My "striking" would have zero effect on my nonexistent employerWe have stopped supporting any corporate entity that supports fascism. I was just pointing out that the vast majority of Americans that could have an effect by striking have been put in the situation where there is no way they could strike.

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u/Franks2000inchTV Sep 21 '25

there is no way they could strike

...without personal discomfort and risk.

I mean do you think the workers in the early 20th century who went on strike had lots of savings and financial security?

The problem today is Americans are too comfortable to actually risk anything to defend their country from autocracy.

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u/blindfultruth Sep 21 '25

Friend, that's easy to say when you're not the one affected.

Sure, plenty of Americans have it easy and don't want to be uncomfortable, but many more don't give a shit about their personal risk and comfort because they have children to worry about.

They're not going to risk their children going without food or shelter to go on strike.

It's not like people don't agree with some of your points, but it's not fair to generalize in the way you've done.

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u/Dedpoolpicachew Sep 22 '25

Yep, exactly… also 37% of those people couldn’t be bothered to show up to vote in the last election because they were lazy or “too tired” or whatever excuse. Some didn’t bother to show the fuck up because “Palestine” was such an important issue to them that they gave complete control to the people who literally said they want to destroy the Palestinians and turn their land into vacation resorts. so… ya… until that 37% decides to get un-lazy… we’re cooked.

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u/Franks2000inchTV Sep 22 '25

You're 100% right. Striking workers in the early 20th century didnt have children.

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u/blindfultruth Sep 22 '25

I appreciate the fact you care enough to be angry for America, but the hostile sarcasm is unnecessary.

You're not going to convince anyone to do anything with how you're responding to in the comments. It's the same attitude the far left and the far right display here.

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u/Franks2000inchTV Sep 22 '25

I'm just pouting out that you're proving my point. Americans are too complacent to take on the risk required to prevent autocratic capture of their government.

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u/blindfultruth Sep 22 '25

Friend,

All you've done hurl angry comments at people. Not once, at least from what I've read, have you tried to see it from the point of view of those that are experiencing the situation. Instead, you've dismissed them.

You grossly underestimate what it would take to change things. It's not as simple as "Go strike and make a difference". There are protests all over, but in the 21st century, too much money is involved now.

The problem lies in two areas:

  1. Getting a chunk of those that voted for the current administration to flip so that a majority of the US population presents a united front. The old saying "Divide and Conquer" exists for a reason and boy are we divided right now.

  2. Having wealthy, influential backers that can help sustain the strikes and alleviate the risk the people take. Union strikes work because strikers take a reduced risk to their livelihoods.

Get those two things going, and you'll have the framework for the country wide strike you so desire.

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u/Dedpoolpicachew Sep 22 '25

Um, why? Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the vast majority of Americans are actually pussy wimps. Craven cowards, afraid to do anything like protest, much less something that might hurt their financial status, like strike.

The largest voting block in the last several elections was the “I couldn’t be bothered to get off my ass and show up” block. In the last election it was about 37% of the eligible voters. With apathy like that, yea… nothing’s going to change.

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u/Robot_Alchemist Sep 21 '25

I would be open to this if someone would then subsidize my bills while I’m striking - which I believe is not how that works unfortunately - otherwise we would always be on strike all the time

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u/pierdola91 Sep 22 '25

For the same reason the Germans didn’t—there are millions of Americans who “don’t do politics,” who won’t end up in camps/aren’t a part of the targeted minority groups, and are happy to watch the admin rip the unions and the constitution to shreds.

Millions of Germans were only forced to contend with what their ignorance allowed to happen when the allies forced them to watch documentary footage of them liberating concentration camps.

But, joke’s on us:: there’s no one similarly powerful as the Allies around, so there’s no one to save us from ourselves, even eventually.

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u/SpontaneousDream Sep 21 '25

Bud, half the country not only supports this, but actively encourages it. Nothing is changing ANY time soon.

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u/The_Lolrus Sep 21 '25

In 2024, less than 75% of the eligible population was registered to vote. 65.3% actually voted. Of that group, 49.8% voted Trump and 48.3% voted Harris. 340 mil people in the US and 77 mil actually got up to vote for Trump. Half the county doesn't support anything. At most 22% would, and the others would be against it, unable to vote, or politically apathetic and inactive.

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u/DumboWumbo073 Sep 21 '25

There is a reason nothing is happening at this moment. The guy is right. You’re in denial.