More on Sunday, but today has been riddled with upsides & downsides.
Upside: I dropped off some toys I had in reserve for the two boys, who live in a home without so much as a refrigerator, in anticipation of the youngest leaving hospital. César is also signing the contract to own his humble apartment tomorrow.
Downside: Although César's contract starts Feb 1, his boys won't be covered until Feb 15. The last treatments will be out of pocket too.
I am tired & angry at non-universal healthcare.
@MLClark Because this country has no history of such an action taking place.
And since we have about a third of registered voters not exercising their right to do so, what makes you think that a majority of people would turn out for such a general strike?
@Darkenyght1701 South American countries also have low voter turnouts, in large part because they're so disillusioned with sitting officials that they engage in direct action instead. There are strong traditions of annual strikes here, though - that's the difference. Folks know that official strike committees will announce protest dates, distribute protest routes and lists of demands, work with transit & media, & set up negotiations with government. Protest is strongly acculturated elsewhere.
@MLClark again, you don't see that here.
South American countries.also have more of a history of.direct military rule and juntas, or " presidents for life", whereas neither have occurred here..
People in this country are more concerned with the latest reality show winner and celebrity news than.they are with current events, which is another reason you'll never see a general strike
@Darkenyght1701 Not disagreeing with you - except to note that low voter turnout isn't automatically a sign of civic apathy. That was my point.
Otherwise: Tony Judt explored similar in Postwar, where he noted that Eastern countries had less to lose, so they often resisted far more than Western countries, which were keen to protect some semblance of their comfortable lives - and thus built grander myths of resistance around the far fewer fighters who did stand up to oppressive forces.
@Darkenyght1701 I am not sure where we're disagreeing now. Where did I suggest a policy?