Reply #27: If they could do it in Egypt, we can do it.

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Striking was illegal over there, and I'm sure there were plenty of negative nitwits saying "If you strike, they'll just fire you and replace you."

But they built the critical mass to do the strike and they took down a government! With no unemployment insurance, no social safety net, no plan B if they lose their jobs.

And our unions did the same thing back in the early 20th century - they went on strike, even though striking was illegal and unions were illegal, and the penalty for striking was being imprisoned, having your family evicted from company housing and being left to starve. They still did strikes. And they won.