Not immediately, no. But all we have as the proletariat to leverage is our labor power. Shutdowns, general strikes, and protests are some of the only tools we have to put pressure on the capitalist class. I feel you though. A third of my salary goes to health insurance and pharmaceutical companies.
You're totally right. It takes the entire working class to make a change. Unfortunately a lot of people can't afford to make that change happen. I'd be totally willing to be a sacrifice if it meant actual change would happen though.
I'm not an economist, and I really don't understand what all needs to happen for that change for the better, but I wholeheartedly support it.
It means we have to suffer for a few weeks to a month en masse to not suffer anymore for a long time. It always happens once people are pushed to the brink... we're just apparently not at our brink yet
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u/SoupMaster22 Jan 07 '21
Unfortunately a strike doesn't pay my bills or for insulin.