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Uh sure. Then why are they striking? I honestly don't know.

Some large number of them have been "agitated". You can't acknowledge that propaganda exists which is capable of manipulating people into doing things they wouldn't do on their own (or that they shouldn't do), and then say that the left does not create that sort of propaganda.

They're striking not for better wages, but so that some local or state politician wins an election in 2026.

Yeah, they're being agitated alright... by horrible working conditions, declining real wages, and the people who apologize for it and pretend they're all bots or something rather than real people with real interests that are every bit as deserving of respect as some corpo's bottom line.

Anyone thinking this is a one time thing and is going to blow over hasn't been paying attention.

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