• LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
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    2 months ago

    An actual widespread truck strike would be completely catastrophic for the US economy and would cause an immediate political reaction. Most likely a violent retaliation but if you’re saying they could simply ignore it that’s a pretty ridiculous statement. Politicians always have to care about their base. They don’t have a choice because they only stay in power because people let them. If people can’t buy food that’s not going to remain true for long.

    All the money in the world is meaningless if you can’t use it to buy goods because they won’t get where they need to go.

    • Madison420@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Catastrophic or not they don’t care and no protest will change that, they’ll drop CDL requirements and hire wherever fucking moron signs up and slap them into military and publicly owned vehicles to fill the gap.

      All the money in the world let’s you avoid nationally based shortages, this will literally not effect them they could take a private jet to the store in another country every fucking week and not notice the difference especially the ones doing it on the public dime.