Im sure you guys are watching Australia, its fucking stupid here.
After a year and a half of lock downs i can tell you the left vs right paradigm illusion has evaporated, its now authoritarian vs libertarian.
Theyre pushing us towards vaccine passports for all sorts of things. The frist being crossing the borders starting 31st Aug. The truckies are pissed. So we will see strikes. And shortages. This might spread to other industries as they bring in more mandates.
Now what I want to get to is the counterstrategy. Prime minister John Howard showed us the strategy 20 years ago! Look up the Waterfront Dispute. The maritime union striked. They had immigrants ready to go as soon as the strike started. They just brought them in on a boat and they took over.
Whats the bets we have the Chinese rock up and start driving all the trucks?
i'd say late 80's early 90's near detroit.
i've looked in the past for articles about it, there have been a LOT of these trucker strikes in history and only the big ones are searchable.
the one i'm talking about lasted one day so i have never been able to find articles about it...
but i'll never forget it.
they shut down I-75 and all the feeder loops around all the major cities it hits (all the 3 digit highways that end in "75")
i watched it clearing up at a friends house who lived close to the highway... we went to his house after school just for something to do... watching the cars honk and yell at each other was hilarious as a kid.
as an adult i can tell you that 3 days of that and the grocery stores will be cleaned out down to bare shelves.
go buy food tomorrow morning, stock your fridge, but more importantly stock your pantry and freezer with cheaper bulk items.
even better if you can find a farm that sells bulk... and you can fill your freezer with chicken or beef or pork...
a major trucker strike shuts down everything, and there could be food riots.