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in #Israel we are witnessing perhaps the first human capital strike.
(with all the neoliberal-ish implications of the term "human capital" as distinct from old-fashioned labor and old-fashioned capital.)
@interfluidity I mean, the mildly corrupt minister of defense wants the law killed too. Mass protest praxis works well when the government is itself split, since everyone knows the purpose of the judicial reform isn't political but rather personal, i.e. to get Bibi acquitted. (The political arguments Bibi makes against the judiciary are insanely petty - things like "they told the IDF to follow the IDF's internal procedure on Palestinian home demolitions.")
@interfluidity is there a link? Have not read much about this.
@interfluidity (reading article) this reminds me of American attitudes toward and against Donald Trump.
@mike805 i think there are a lot of parallels.
@interfluidity Not sure how a "human capital" strike differs from a general strike -- they haven't always worked, but there have been many attempts.
@rst what i was trying to get at with the phrase is that traditionally labor represents the hands of the people, an old-school strike is workers, often not college educated, withdrawing their hands.
in Israel now it is a “general strike” of disproportionately the educated professions. this is a group historically more individualistic, less likely to exercise their considerable bargaining power by striking in this way. 1/
@rst i think it is an interesting, potentially very important development. i think taking to the streets is not the greatest form of antifascist resistance, because provocateurs can always engender violence, and chaos draws public support towards fascists. the professional class historically has been a limp resistance, because “meritocratic” professional class norms are very individualistic, and fascism can create very clear individual incentives to conform. 2/
@rst professional class, nonviolent, provocateur-resistant collective action could become a really important political force. /fin