I see people periodically post about a general strike and it always gets shot down because it's always for some arbitrary date not that long into the future yada yada yada. The arguments against make sense but I feel like no matter how far out you push it there will never be enough solidarity and organization amongst inherently unorganized workers. That's why unions became a thing in the first place. At the same time I see a lot of people in favor say that a general strike could literally bring the economy and the elite to their knees and that makes some sense too. So my question is why is it always a general strike to get suggested first thing? Could there be some kind of general union that we form first to make something like a general strike more of a possibility? If it's possible what better place to start than here? If you could get enough people unionized under a single union and that union goes on strike then you'd basically have your general strike no? So that brings me to the fact that I really don't actually understand how a lot of this stuff works and have never even been in a union but just thinking about the situation that seems like the most logical conclusion for someone like me to draw so I figure worst case someone can explain to me why this hasn't been done or isn't possible so I can be informed. Anyway, thanks for reading. Have a good day. ACAB. Fuck the man.