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Can we seriously have a discussion for strike ideas?

I know it’s easy to say how overworked we are. How tired we are of everything being monopolized. We are obviously ready for change and see plenty of countries strike for their rights. For the first time in my life, I actually visited Europe. They have things figured out. There were literally no homeless people in the Netherlands because the government won’t let them get beyond a threshold. If someone buys a house and doesn’t live in it, there is actually an organized squatters team to reclaim the house if it sits empty for 3 years. Water is clean enough to drink from any bathroom sink. Their public transportation is impeccable. They also prioritize happiness over monetary gain. There are still rich people trying to do shit, but they organize to keep them in check. What can we do? Can we form a squatters team to reclaim unused homes? Can…


I know it’s easy to say how overworked we are. How tired we are of everything being monopolized. We are obviously ready for change and see plenty of countries strike for their rights.

For the first time in my life, I actually visited Europe. They have things figured out. There were literally no homeless people in the Netherlands because the government won’t let them get beyond a threshold. If someone buys a house and doesn’t live in it, there is actually an organized squatters team to reclaim the house if it sits empty for 3 years. Water is clean enough to drink from any bathroom sink. Their public transportation is impeccable. They also prioritize happiness over monetary gain. There are still rich people trying to do shit, but they organize to keep them in check.

What can we do? Can we form a squatters team to reclaim unused homes? Can we target businesses that lobby and vote for problematic measures and fund every worker of theirs to have a stipend to not work? Can we make realistic boycotts?

It feels like we know the answers to these, but stop short of planning. What ideas can we actually organize and do?

Just to clarify, I’m not entertaining anything violent. Just ideas that were already used to get rights in European countries.

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