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[quote=BlueFredneck]This is striking me as similar to the NUM (National Union of Mineworkers) coal strikes in the 70s and 80s UK. You had (possibly, although not as much as feared) Soviets in the background egging on the most Militant of tendencies within the labo(u)r unions and Labour, you had Thatcherites aching to cut everyone off at the knees, you had Liberals wondering which side to support, and people who just wanted to get on with their lives.

Of course, with automated trucks, this may end about as well as the the latter, at which NUM began to dwindle into irrelevancy.

I will admit it's kind of offputting to see people who'd run over BLM protesters blocking the roadways cheer on these guys, and to see folks who turned a blind eye to rioters within the BLM movement declare that Someone should just get rid of the protesters.

I suspect any parallel action in the US will end up getting dragged down into QAnon untruth and/or random grifters, and working conditions/wages will get left in the dust. (Such was the case with the CHAZ in Seattle).

Of course, you've got the BNSF railroad strike lurking in the background. That one seems to be a more standard left-wing strike as opposed to what will likely emerge as a mix of right-wing culture war grievances, left-wing wage/condition grievances, and anti-vax paranoia.

Remember - there are grifters lurking in any cause and there are those just itching for a fight lurking in the support base of any cause. [/quote]

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