A grassroots organization is encouraging U.S. residents not to spend any money Friday as an act of “economic resistance” to protest what the group’s founder sees as the malign influence of billionaires, big corporations and both major political parties on the lives of working Americans.
Might be a good day to cancel some of those unwanted services too.
According to recent reports, several streaming companies, including Amazon, Disney, Meta (Facebook), and Paramount have been identified as rolling back some of their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, citing pressure from conservative groups and a changing political climate as reasons for these changes.
I have seen several threads now on this subject here in Lemmy recently and the number of people who are against it is disappointing. Years ago my wife and I decided to let our Prime membership lapse and to no longer buy from Amazon. I mentioned this on Reddit and the responses were similar to what I’m seeing on here now in regards to this boycott.
“That’s not going to do anything”
However, in the past seven years, instead of buying from Amazon, we have sought out small businesses and put money into local businesses when we can. That’s money Amazon does not have from us. Think about what the average American spends on goods from Amazon each year. If more people did this instead of naysaying then the economic impact would be much better.
So to those of you wanting to participate tomorrow, I applaud you. Be the change you want to see in the world. Money is all these greedy parasites know and if we can collectively stand up, one small step at a time, then the impact will be huge.
To the naysayers, either you’re a bot or have nothing to contribute to the cause because I don’t see any organizing from you. Find a positive way to contribute or shut the fuck up.
Clean out your cupboards for the next week or two. You know you’ve got that stuff in the back of the freezer you could still eat. Buy used items when you can. Stop buying useless shit you don’t need. Cancel those subscriptions and pitate shit. Pay cash so payment companies don’t get a petcentage. Shop local.
Maybe we can make a list of non-shitass companies. Newegg has an online marketplace for more than electronics for example. Aldi isn’t a bad company I dont think, etc.
WTF do people think a one day boycott going to accomplish?
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I mean the point is, it’s the general flaw of like say when people tried to organize “don’t buy gas on X day”, doesn’t actually hit them because they go by the quarter… and it isn’t like they don’t know you’ll make up for it within the week.
lets go crazy lets do a boycott for a month… dont’ spend any money for a month… what will happen? Well logically to do that you’ll need to spend a boatload of money before the month… and a ton after.
IMO an economic boycot would need to be like “no luxuries march”. where we collectively agree not to pay for anything but food, rent gas etc… Rescheduling necessities inconveniences us, not them… because they know at the end of the day we’re going to buy them, and they don’t care what day it falls on.
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We consider it a pulse check on our representatives.
I guess a little more than nothing is infinitely more than nothing; that’s just marketing though. If you’re just deferring purchases or making purchases in advance it’s not actually having an impact.
I personally feel sustained targeted boycotting is going to be more impactful than a general consumption strike.
If it accomplishes nothing people will get discouraged, which is actually less than nothing.
A hell of a lot more than nothing.
I really don’t think it will.
It’s a shot across the bow. It gets people organizing and coordinating. Once people start working together on something, you can then direct that and focus long term on a boycott of, say Amazon.
Wtf do people think doing nothing is going to accomplish?
Yes - nothing is the only alternative to this 🙄
Meh. I wasn’t going to shop anyway but this won’t accomplish much. Granted, I don’t even think regular protests will do the trick. Do make long term strives towards weaning off the bad stuff, though. It won’t make a statement, but the only statements that’ll be taken seriously are the ones that land you in a NYC courthouse wearing an unnecessary bullet proof vest.
