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Just some additional advertising for todays boycott.

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[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 14 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Hey, did you know that half of all day to day retail spending is done by the economically top 10% of the US population.
These are people who for the most part don't care about economic hardships of the lower classes and have closer to 65% of the liquid assets.

They already under spend for their wealth and likely also won't care about this. And will spend or not and make no impact.

Not to be negative, but to be realistic.
This is pointless.
Like literally without a point or purpose but to "show those business we mean business" and that isn't an actual point and they don't care about a 1 day shopping freeze.

The reach on this with it already being the day of the protest is already a major hinderance to any progress hoped to be achieved and then we still don't have a point.

Honestly we need to be deciding what change we actually want to have occur and start steering the ship that way little action at a time as possible but instead let's just keep trying to make 1 day events a thing with the shock the wealthy see of us standing together enough to make them see the light of God and turn around and change for us. I'm sure that will eventually work even though it never has.

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

As someone comfortably in that top 10% and unfathomably infinitely outside the billionaire club, I hope you know I'm on your side, and I do care.

Annecdotaly, the majority of my peers are as well.

Our complacency is a huge part of the problem.

But for what it's worth, we're increasingly waking up to the fact that we're also quite fucked by what the billionaires are up to, in the long run.

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[–] UnPassive@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

My wife told her family and all of them are very enthusiastic to join (20 ish people). Unfortunately I still have trouble convincing my family that Trump shouldn't be allowed to do illegal things

[–] cranium@infosec.pub 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What everyone need to do is target all their stock and funds of a particular company…. And sell that shit. Short it. Buy their competitor’s stock.

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[–] eksb@programming.dev 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] rickdg@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Positive boycotts are the best boycotts.

Otherwise people just delay consumption.

[–] Sovereign@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago (5 children)

So we dont buy anything for one day and then go back to ordering on amazon and that will have an effect on… something. Ok got it. Idiots.

[–] Takumidesh@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

It's supposed to be baby steps towards concrete action.

Kind of like if a smoker goes a whole day without smoking. Yea in the long run it's not gonna make a difference, but it's a start towards breaking the addiction.

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[–] SabinStargem@lemmings.world 12 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I think doing a "Whiteout" would be better, where people only shop at pro-humanity or mom n' pop stores. Costco, Winco, ect. People must spend money for their necessities and to enjoy life, but if that spending can always be directed into the pockets of decent people rather than Bezos, that would be far more impactful than a day of blackout.

In that vein, I think incentive programs to switch people would be ideal. Something like CostCo giving a free membership if you buy an amount of goods equal in value, and a free pizza/rotisserie/hot dog(s) for buying $15 of stuff.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago

I've seen other infographics for this protest encouraging that local business is still OK, not sure why it's not all of them saying that.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No Restaurants? What? We're afraid the authentic turkish food place down the block is colluding with Trump, now? Idiocy.

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[–] kokope11i@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (5 children)

First I've seen extending this to restaurants. That seems a bit much. Most restaurants around me are small businesses. Not cool for the folks trying to keep a single place afloat.

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[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I found out about this yesterday. I don’t know what happened to the messaging, but lucky i saw it in time on blue sky.

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I wish I had boycot money.

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[–] DeaDvey@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

Forgot about this, but luckily I never really buy shit other than food.

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