ChonkyOwlbear @ ChonkyOwlbear @lemmy.world

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General strikes that involve the whole population are super rare. I could see something like the one in 1989 in Czechoslovakia where it was for two hours on one day only. The problem is that general strikes are usually organized through unions and there simply isn't that structure for most of the country.

The first step is convincing enough people that those are our only options. We are nowhere near to having a critical mass for either of those options to work.

You're right we have to try, but this method won't work. You can't ask people to sacrifice that much without more of a certainty of success.

Thats my point. Making less money is good with sliding scale therapy. Some places even do it for free if you're broke enough.

Train as a masseuse. Get a job at Mar-a-lago. Work there for 3 years. After that time very non-employee there I have touched all spontaneously combust simultaneously.

There are sliding scale healthcare places. Even if you make $40k, you can still find options for around $60 a session. And if that's still too much, selling a gun for a couple of sessions might help in multiple ways.

As long as 49 states have employment "at will" and health insurance is tied to employment, it's just not going to happen.

Grieving is a skill, not just something that happens. There are people who can teach you how. Look for a therapist that specifically is trained in grieving.

After my father died suddenly, I felt like you did. I couldn't sleep because every time I closed my eyes memories of him flooded in. A breakup can be a lot like a death. Worse in some ways. You have to accept you can't see that person again, but unlike a death you know they are still out there. Mentally the processing of the feelings is the same though. Having a professional to talk to helps a LOT.

This is my specialty. Once my friends and I BBQed at a park but forgot the spatula and tongs. I smashed an empty soda can flat with a rock and wedged it on the end of a stick to make a spatula. I also sharpened and split a stick to make a sort of two pronged fork. It did the job.

Correction - Has led, is leading, and will lead...

A large band around the equator will become unsurvivable. Hundreds of millions of people will flee to cooler climates. Countries will already be straining to provide food and water for their people. This will lead to wars for resources. Nations with nuclear capabilities will fracture and collapse, leaving their weapons in the hands of warlords and despots. Pandemics like COVID will become increasingly more common, not just for humans but for our livestock and crops. I hope you are right, but then again 5 billion might be a conservative estimate.

In fairness to Lincoln, the military wanted to execute 303 men, but Lincoln would only allow death sentences for those involved in rapes or massacres of civilians.

Jan 6 is actually the example I was thinking of. The system was overwhelmed enough that it took so long that their guy took office and pardoned everyone.

Part of me wants to sign up and then do my best to sabotage every operation I could.

That's the thing. You have to get enough people arrested that the system can't handle it. Its tough to find that many people willing to make that sacrifice until things get much worse than they are now

For me a PHEV is the sweet spot at current tech levels. I use zero gasoline for my daily commute, but I can go on a long trip anytime I want without worrying about charging station availability.

Its a survey specifically of intimate partner violence, so it's all situations where the victim knows the perpetrator. (Again,assuming the data is from the source I think it is).

Assuming this is from the NISVS, it is a self-reported victim survey.

I've always said the only thing that would turn his fans against him is if Trump blew a black man live on TV.