Summary
Elon Musk claimed on X that he eliminated the IRS team responsible for the “Direct File” program, which allows Americans to file taxes online for free.
His statement was in response to a right-wing MAGA influencer who called the “direct file” tax program a “far-left government-wide computer office” built by Elizabeth Warren.
Thus far, the website remains active.
I think we might finally have a common demand that we can all agree on. Deport illegal immigrant Elon Musk and confiscate his ill gotten wealth. General strike time?
Deporting seems a bit too nice. I was thinking moreso jailtime for about a couple hundred lifetimes
General Strike doesn’t appear to have any real benefit to us?
There is going to be benefit any time workers take their power back. The signal it would send would echo in every job/salary negotiation for years.
Okay but all the capital and business stays in the same hands even if people stop working for a few days.
What power do we gain? Who exactly are we trying to hurt with this?
A general strike is not a wage negotiation tactic, its asking everyone everywhere to strike. Theres no general union to present our demands. There is no company policy it opposes.
Yes, general strikes work differently. If people managed to unify to grind the system to a halt for a few days, I guarantee it would scare the fuck out of the capital class. As long as the people arev divided, they have all the power, but it’s an illusion. The moment the people unite, their power vanishes.
The only criteria that matters for choosing a demand for a general strike is that enough people get behind it. That, and it should be concrete enough to show capitulation on the part of capital. There are clearly a lot of Americans who are fine with increasing their own suffering, as long as it hurts someone else more.