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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    15 hours ago

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

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      11 hours ago

      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?

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        6 hours ago

        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.

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          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?

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          2 hours 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.

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      11 hours ago

      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.

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        10 hours ago

        Honey, sweetheart, half the population voted for him. He won the popular vote.

        Half the population would work as scabs for free.

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          10 hours ago

          Honey, sweetheart, I used to fight the fucking police during protests, over the course of years, in pretty much authoritarian society, where I was a minority by any means. We eventually won.

          Americans are fucking cowards.For all the talk about their guns and bravery and freedom and all that shit, they are just paper tigers. Americans got comfortable and would now rather suck a dick than suffer some discomfort. Fucking representatives writing strongly worded posts on Twitter or BlueSky instead of raising hell on the streets. Incredible.

          Also, 33% of eligible voters voted for Trump, so don’t act as if he has some massive majority.