Most Americans still have their hears shoved so far up their asses that they think all of Europe is a freedomless third world region where the governments silence all criticism and doctors still use leeches or something. Just completely delusional and in denial.

Of course most Americans haven't even left their own state, never mind gone to Europe to experience it themselves.

No, we have worker's rights -- not enough, but you do have rights. Federal and state labor law covers a surprisingly broad number of topics.

Shitty employers want you to think you don't have rights, because they want to continue to illegally exploit you.

This is because, so far, it’s up to the state’s to regulate, if they even do.

Ex: in Colorado, the minimum PTO is 48 hours per year.

Might be worth checking the flowchart to see if you're eligible for FMLA leave. If you are and they're denying you sick leave The Department of Labor would love to hear about it -- they don't screw around.

Because if we try to change anything, we run the (very high) risk of losing our jobs, then our homes, and ending up on the streets. If you have a way to get over 300 million people all on the same page for a general strike, who are all willing to risk losing their income, please let me know.

We are protesting. So far we've been at best ignored, and at worst...

You've probably seen what our police are like.

I'm American and it's never made much sense to me, either.

Afaik it's fundementally 5 forces.

• Severe distrust of the established institutions, including the democratic process.
• Long-drawn, multi-generational unrest ever since late globalization and the decline of unions.
• Anti-labor propaganda and institutional complacency.
• Increased alienation and in-fighting among the population. Got much worse ever since the MAGA repubs cropped up. We're fighting against 40-50% of the population for basic shit. (Have you seen our paralyzed congress?)

Finally, this unwillingness to be the first to bite the bullet. Inevitably, the first people to start off these grassroots movements are going to get the shortest end of the stick. They are people sacrificing their free time and economic security for a movement that begs others to do the same.

It's a massive risk.

Still yes. The point is that PTO is part of your compensation package. If you don't use it you are not receiving that compensation. Put it another way: if part of your compensation package is a company vehicle (just like everyone else in the company) but you work from home, are you going to consider that fair compensation?