The State of the Union address

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

It's interesting that the UK has this sort of freedom to speak with their leader, while we're the ones who have to deal with a king.

We do have that freedom, we just don't use it much out of fear of retribution.

It occurs to me, that, in Europe, when a sizeable portion of the population is fed up with some government failing or another, they go on strike. Not like Disneyland Cast Members who belong to Hospital and Service Worker's Union Local 486 going on strike for an extra nickel per hour, but whole social groups refusing to buy, work, use public transportation, or contribute to the economy in any way.
What do you suppose would happen if everyone who felt that relying on the stock market to keep their bills paid upon retirement was a bad idea, decided to stop shopping at Wal-Mart, buying gas, or showing up to work? What do you suppose would happen if every out Gay man and woman decided to stop contributing to society? Wouldn't it be interesting for the rest of American society to find out their IT guy, waitress, doctor, car repairman, cable guy, Sparklett's guy, barrista, teacher, pastor, gym trainer, postal worker, website administrator, radio show host, etc., etc., etc., wasn't at work today, or tomorrow, or until some movement started being made to respect their equal place in society? Aside from the /obvious/ hack jokes about hairstyles and interior design suffering, what do you think would happen if we just started saying, "No?"