Because the harsh reality is, and this seems to surprise Lemmy, the harsh reality is that most people in the US aren’t really bothered by it. That’s why, even when the protest crowds are big, nothing happens. Because they are still in the minority. Most people in the US, don’t even read news like this. They worry about bbq’s, mowing the lawn, paying their bills, and watching netflix.

Doomscrollers on Lemmy have a very skewed idea of how things actually work. They also seem to overlook how big the population of the US really is (roughly 348–349 million people) and how apathetic most people are.

I know that’s shocking to many on Lemmy. But look at the number of people watching even popular news programs. Then compare that to the actual population of the US.

Lemmy likes to think that there is gonna be some huge mass upswelling of people just shutting down everything. Remember when Luigi shot the insurance exec? Lemmy was laughing and thought everything was gonna change. Most of Lemmy thought his prison would be stormed and Luigi would be carried out free on the shoulders of protesters! And that the insurance companies would tremble in fear!!

But what really happened? Nothing. They replaced the insurance guy. Insurance is right back to doing what it has always done. Luigi will probably go to prison for rest of his life and in 10 years, most people will hardly remember him. (Even writing this, I wrote his name as “mario,” before I corrected it, and I don’t know his last name without looking it up.)

Man, most people in the US don’t care. I’m not giving my opinion on if that’s good or bad; I’m just giving you the facts: there will never be national strikes or shutdowns like you are talking about. If it hasn’t happened by now, it won’t. No matter what Lemmy thinks about it.