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nowyourdoingit t1_ism9847 wrote

Reply to comment by thetwelth2018 in What would happen if there was just a city-wide rent strike? Like eventually it would end up in court obviously but if everyone collectively stopped paying rent, the renters would get bargaining leverage back before all the evictions came. Seems like it could be a worthwhile experiment. by Bluehorsesho3

They wouldn't arrest people for failure to pay rent. They would arrest people for civil disobedience and resisting arrest and a variety of other things. The powers at be in the US have been working since before the US was a country to put measures in place to limit the potential efficacy of rebellions and strikes. George Washington and the Whiskey Rebellion...

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thetwelth2018 t1_ismb86d wrote

The 2020 protests confirm that the governments response would not be to jail large protests. Even the violent rioters were often not arrested or prosecuted. A nonviolent rent strike would receive a very favorable response from the government.

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