Sorted comments by new and a few people were saying that the numbers are misleading, by like a lot. One person specifically said it was "300,000 farmers", another said " we don't even have that many people in Punjab". Are we 100% sure that Jacobin has their numbers right here? I certainly want to believe they do, but I don't want to get caught believing something false because its better for my ideology that its true. Like maybe those accounts saying its false are glowies or convinced by glowies, but is there proof that its really 250,000 million? (I haven't read the Jacobin article btw I'm very lazy).
Sorted comments by new and a few people were saying that the numbers are misleading, by like a lot. One person specifically said it was "300,000 farmers", another said " we don't even have that many people in Punjab". Are we 100% sure that Jacobin has their numbers right here? I certainly want to believe they do, but I don't want to get caught believing something false because its better for my ideology that its true. Like maybe those accounts saying its false are glowies or convinced by glowies, but is there proof that its really 250,000 million? (I haven't read the Jacobin article btw I'm very lazy).
https://www.newsclick.in/Shutdown-Across-Sectors-as-Over-25-Crore-Workers-Join-One-of-theBiggest-Strikes-Ever
Jacobin sourced this article, which mentions 50k arrested, 40k coal workers, 1.5 crore(had to look that up, 15M) in Kerala are striking.
Its not just farmers, and if 50k are arrested, and 40k are coal workers, and tons of other industries are participating, I think 300k is far too low.
It'd be just great if there was more reporting on this.
Thanks.