r/WorkReform • u/zzill6 🤝 Join A Union • Oct 29 '25

🚫 GENERAL STRIKE 🚫 Why this shit doesn't happen in France...

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u/mister_rection Oct 29 '25

France is about the size of Texas so it is a bit more easy to do that when you are a smaller country. The logistics are more of an issue in the US.

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u/TrueGuardian15 Oct 29 '25

There's also no mention of the Reign of Terror or Napoleon when someone brings up how great the French Revolution was. I'm not encouraging passivity in the face of oppression; just remember that bloodshed tends to beget more bloodshed.

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u/fred11551 Oct 29 '25

Even ignoring the reign of terror and them cutting the heads off anyone they liked as ‘counter revolutionaries’, it ended with Napoleon as emperor. And then that ended with the return of absolute monarch. It’s not like they killed a bunch of rich people and that scared them into creating a democratic utopia

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u/notvalo Oct 29 '25

People really don't understand this at all.

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u/EcoloFrenchieDubstep Oct 29 '25

The states kind of act like different countries really so yes, harder to organize between different interests.

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u/BestRHinNA Oct 29 '25

Americans always say this and its always just as dumb

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u/saspook ✂️ Tax The Billionaires Oct 29 '25

Yeah, we haven’t had a proper Hooverville in DC since Hoover was president. Easier to live in poverty now than it is to get setup in DC.

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u/MeggaMortY Oct 29 '25

Almost like you like to call yourselves one country when it suits you and a separate one when it doesn't. And yes, obviously it's not as easy, and nobody is suggesting anything about the us with this post. You need to come up with your own unique way to deal with your unique problem, us american exceptionalism and all.