I’m planning on participating, but it’s not going to work. And it won’t work because it’s not popular, and it’s not popular because it won’t work.
The better solution is targeted rolling medium-ter. boycots of specific companies/products that we won’t realistically drop entirely.
Roll between boycots of Amazon, Walmart, etc for month each to impact their quarterly reports and fuck up their stocks.
It won’t work because people are just going to stock up the day before and binge the day after. No one is going to feel anything.
^^ Lame comment.
Do you think everybody just has to go out and buy stuff everyday? I certainly don’t, and there are probably days in every one of my weeks where I buy nothing.
Economic protests are effective, so we should all encourage participation instead of making wet blanket comments to discourage participation.
I think you’re missing the point of this criticism.
People buy stuff, and then they use it. If they don’t use less, they won’t buy less, even if there’s a specific day where they choose not to buy anything. That day’s avoided purchases just get moved to another day, and the seller doesn’t feel any effect.
A real boycott takes money that would’ve been spent on a specific seller and takes it away forever. It’s a shift in purchase behavior to a competitor, or a shift in consumption behavior to not need to purchase that thing anymore.
As an extreme example, someone who boycotts Tesla every day for 5 years but still buys a Tesla once every 5 years is not effectively boycotting Tesla, even if that boycott covers 1825 days in a row.
Same with people who normally grocery shop on Friday, who shift their purchases to Saturday.
I would advocate for boycotting specific companies instead, and steering that money you would’ve spent to someone else (even a charity, so as to reduce one’s own consumption). The boycotts need to shift recipients of the money, not dates of when that money changes hands.
This isn’t an economic protest. This is slacktivism. One day or a handful of days will have exactly zero effect. Every one of you advocating for it and defending it is actively hurting the effort. You are the fascists best friend.
Costco has a better return policy and still supports DEI. Though I’m not convinced Costco can replace some of the more niche items I order from Amazon.
Remember that you still buy the same stuff you normally do, you just don’t get them from Amazon and bezos. Specialty items can be bought directly from the manufacturer. Give them the full value for their products, don’t make them give Amazon a share just because you are too lazy to log into a non Amazon site.
For many of us, every day is Amazon blackout day. It really isn’t that much of an inconvenience to shop elsewhere. You can do it too! I believe in you!
A boycott will be more effective if we laser-focus our efforts:
- Focus on Amazon, Tesla (anything Musky), & Meta
- Make the boycott permanent
As for me, I’ve done my part. I will never shop Amazon again, or purchase from any online store that uses Amazon for shipping, and all my Meta accounts have been permanently deleted. Done.
Why restrict it to a few days or a week “blackout” or whatever? That’s weak sauce. Everything you can find on Amazon, you can find elsewhere. Stop giving them money.
i deleted my Twitch account. I felt bad because Im my friend’s only paid subscriber but I cannot support Amazon
Have you ever had a single issue on eBay where you bought something, complained, and eBay didn’t side with you? Even if you lie about the issue. eBay is notoriously difficult as a seller because they 100% always cater to the buyer and force you to accept returns.
A bunch of idiots who think Trump owns every business.
A poor economy weakens the president. Especially one that claims so much ownership over it.
No, this is about harming the businesses that support the destruction of the American democratic republic not just businesses owned by Trump.
No, this is about harming every single business everywhere. The event organizers and their leader Schwarz specifically do not want targeted boycotts.
Some postings for the event created by online supporters have suggested a targeted boycott of retailers like Ford, McDonald’s, Meta, Target and Walmart that have ended their DEI programs to comply with an executive order signed by President Trump in January. However, official messaging from The People’s Union suggests a boycott of all major retailers, with the goal of enacting broader economic change.
From the article above.
Ok buddy, how does your quote differ from mine in a meaningful way.
me- this is about targeting large businesses that support Trump not just Trump businesses.
You- that’s wrong this isn’t targeted
Your quote’s last sentence “However, official messaging from The People’s Union suggests a boycott of all major retailers, with the goal of enacting broader economic change.”
I added emphasis as this is in fact targeted. It targets larger retailers. How is that different than my claim.
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