• jjpamsterdam@feddit.org
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    6 hours ago

    The French would have general striked and yellow vested the country to a grinding halt by now. Folks in the United States either lack the courage or confidence or interests or all of the above combined.

    • watson@sopuli.xyz
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      5 hours ago

      I don’t think a lot of people realize how big the US is. Organizing a group of a size enough to actually make a difference takes time.

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        4 hours ago

        Yes, that’s why revolutions have only been successful in much smaller countries like Russia and China.

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          3 hours ago

          Russia actually isn’t as spread out as the US in a way. You can literally ignore anything east of the urals, all the cities that matter are in the western part of the country.