Gaza war protesters shut down Golden Gate Bridge, block traffic in other cities

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Gaza war protesters shut down Golden Gate Bridge, block traffic in other cities
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Interrupting labor is the most peaceful way to threaten the capitalist class. If you object to this, you advocate for more extreme measures. Be careful what you wish for.

This argument completely ignores the impact this has on regular people. People who end up late to pick up their kids from daycare and end up owing extra money when they can barely make ends meet as it is. Yeah, this may have some marginal impact on the capitalist class, but it will be far more painful for the employees who WILL be held accountable for being late to work and may easily end up fired, and certainly will not be paid for the time they miss. Let alone the life safety issues this type of demonstration creates. This is holding your peers ransom because of something you want and you take away their autonomy to decide whether or not to take part. If you can't convince people to join your cause willingly, maybe your cause isn't as good as you think it is.

Yes the capitalist class has been waging war on the working class for decades through wage suppression. What do you propose be done to turn things around?

Clock in early /s

I wake up to beat the sun from her glory 
I'm only one cigarette away from mobility 
It's always punch in punch out 
Go to work and go back home

-7Mary3

Islamic terrorists could stop.. you know, terrorizing, and hand over the hostages. It's a starting point.

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