psychothumbs@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoWhat If There’s No House Speaker for a Month? For a Year?!nymag.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down13
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minus-squarepyrflie@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·11 months agoNo-one working means no taxes means no wages for govt employees including congress. If the host starves so does the parasite. Also a one month general strike would devastate Wall Street (the main method of admittedly corrupt payment to congress) for years. It’s fairly extreme but Secessio Plebis works.
minus-squareWagesOf@artemis.camplinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·11 months agoLighting yourself on fire also gets a lot of attention, but nobody wants to live in a homeless camp to send a message to congress and wall street.
No-one working means no taxes means no wages for govt employees including congress.
If the host starves so does the parasite.
Also a one month general strike would devastate Wall Street (the main method of admittedly corrupt payment to congress) for years.
It’s fairly extreme but Secessio Plebis works.
Lighting yourself on fire also gets a lot of attention, but nobody wants to live in a homeless camp to send a message to congress and wall street.