Honestly this is kind of a great plan. General strike is hard for people to swallow. But a general boycott??? Super easy. People can go to work, do whatever but buy 0 consumer goods. Extremely basic food, maybe even from local farmers. And completely ignore the mega corps. A motived effort could last for months and halt the economy
I buy my groceries every two weeks when I get paid. I don’t get paid that week. I won’t be buying anything anyways. And even if I did participate, I’d just buy stuff the next day and it would balance out. I’m not sure how this actually does anything. In the grand scheme of averages, this seems like barely a blip tbh.
My point is that I literally will be putting in zero effort and buying on my normal days because that’s all I can afford to do. You’re asking people to make a choice and for some of us there is no real choice. When I buy groceries is determined by my payday WAY THE HELL MORE than any ideology.
You’re exactly right. A one day boycott doesn’t work. For it to work your need to have a day when you don’t consume anything. But even then, that isn’t feasible.
Cancel your subscriptions, and don’t start them up again.
Divest your 401k from US money markets.
Get involved in your local government and start focusing on ways that your community can provide local services.
If you know where a morally corrupt CEO is going to be staying, let your local Luigi know.
These aren’t easy things, but they can be effective.
This is a lot more feasible. People can lose a lot striking from work but striking from consumption is much more manageable. Where the way to participate is NOT to do something, whole lot easier too.
Honestly this is kind of a great plan. General strike is hard for people to swallow. But a general boycott??? Super easy. People can go to work, do whatever but buy 0 consumer goods. Extremely basic food, maybe even from local farmers. And completely ignore the mega corps. A motived effort could last for months and halt the economy
I buy my groceries every two weeks when I get paid. I don’t get paid that week. I won’t be buying anything anyways. And even if I did participate, I’d just buy stuff the next day and it would balance out. I’m not sure how this actually does anything. In the grand scheme of averages, this seems like barely a blip tbh.
All efforts, great and small.
My point is that I literally will be putting in zero effort and buying on my normal days because that’s all I can afford to do. You’re asking people to make a choice and for some of us there is no real choice. When I buy groceries is determined by my payday WAY THE HELL MORE than any ideology.
Not every action is appropriate for every person. This doesn’t mean that actions that aren’t appropriate for you shouldn’t be taken by anyone.
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You’re exactly right. A one day boycott doesn’t work. For it to work your need to have a day when you don’t consume anything. But even then, that isn’t feasible.
Cancel your subscriptions, and don’t start them up again.
Divest your 401k from US money markets.
Get involved in your local government and start focusing on ways that your community can provide local services.
If you know where a morally corrupt CEO is going to be staying, let your local Luigi know.
These aren’t easy things, but they can be effective.
“Your local Luigi”, I love this expression!
This is a lot more feasible. People can lose a lot striking from work but striking from consumption is much more manageable. Where the way to participate is NOT to do something, whole lot easier too.