Because people in other areas aren't being personally affected much (yet). And they think they can't afford to lose pay or get fired; instead they'll just lose their country.

People only act en masse when they are affected en masse. It's very selfish and very foolish but it's a symptom of a complete lack of group identity or group cohesion.

An economic blackout won’t hurt ice at all, it will only hurt the local businesses.

I’m very open to hear ideas that will directly be felt by ice agents though. Non violent ideas

Yeah this is why sociologists tell people not to bother with these. It's slactivism, makes people feel good about themselves for participating but has no effect. So they likely think "Well, there's my good deed."

Just the same, a one-day national strike won't accomplish anything, and will actually be worse because only 1% of people will actually do it, making it a joke if the media covers it. And organizers waste so much time and energy on it.

No you gotta go be visible or make a permanent change.

Shareholder call:

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No, but businesses notice when line go down. Panic ensues when the public realizes hyper-consumerism is optional.

Yes. My wife is one of those people. I come home to packages on the porch every single day. Consumerism with excessive connectivity can lead to excessive spending

Love it when helping involves zero sacrifices.

Cant use that word. Too communist or something. Idk.

Also they are saying don't shop or go to school. So a strike plus other stuff, it looks like.

Well, you pretty much continue until you get what your want. So the most effective thing to do is to strike indefinitely.

refuse to continue paying federal taxes

Cut federal taxes and wipe your ass with interstate commerce rules. Pretty sure shit would change pretty damned quick if all trade stopped moving out of California.

Oh, that's easy. Stop doing what the feds tell you. No more federal taxes, and add in some nullification too. If other states like California, Illinois, and New York agree to help out of solidarity, threats of cut federal funding won't hit as hard.

The problem is avoiding the difficult situation of Trump sending in some guys to shoot some people and imprison the survivors.

A general strike is one of the only non-violent levers of power the people have.

It sucks. It probably won't do anything. But I'll take this over open war with ICE any day.

A lot of Trump's power comes from the support of the oligarchs. Shutting everything down hurts them, and shows class solidarity which scares the shit out of them.