I know what a general strike is. The point is that the government shutdown is nearly the same thing. The only reason other countries haven’t employed it before is because the mechanism is uniquely American, baked into our system.
Other countries have to shut down their entire country with a general strike. We can shut down just the government, and punish the problem directly.
No it’s not a general strike. That is a lack of funding and OMB has a policy memo explaining how furloughed workers cannot work during a shutdown. It cites to 31 U.S.C. 1342. So, by law they are prohibited from working, thus this is not a strike.
A general strike would be to like not go into work for a few days en mass.
I know what a general strike is. The point is that the government shutdown is nearly the same thing. The only reason other countries haven’t employed it before is because the mechanism is uniquely American, baked into our system.
Other countries have to shut down their entire country with a general strike. We can shut down just the government, and punish the problem directly.