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Unions, sure.
Voting and calling representatives is a futile approach. They're a distraction at best. Unions are an example of what I mean by uniting our efforts and taking action.
Glad you find something of interest in my comment.
That's conservative, pro-corporation propaganda.
Quite the opposite, actually. Corporations love for you to be distracted with the methods that are futile. Don't you ever think about unionizing, striking, protesting, blocking traffic to our stores, boycotting, or any of that. Just do the things that don't hurt our profits!
That's why saying not to vote is pro-corporation.
Then you'd be wrong, because voting is futile and a distraction, as I already said. Refer to the rest my comment for direct action methods that aren't futile:
Unionizing and striking are effective, but they'll stop being effective if they become illegal. They're already less effective than they should be, because of legal restrictions.
Protesting is only useful for getting in the news and convincing people to consider certain issues when they vote. They will never directly cause change.
And boycotting is just plain worthless. You'll never get enough people to join a boycott for large corporations to care.