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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.
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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.
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it's going to take a much larger blackout. No one will notice one day. it's a start I guess but it's not going to accomplish anything. I've ditched amazon, walmart, target, etc,.. Buy local or even better, don't buy at all. You don't need the latest shiny distraction. vote with your wallet.
That’s like saying “one vote doesn’t matter”, it MATTERS WAYYYYY MICH MORE THAN YOU THINK. think about it how everything works and then what happens if one thing were to stop and how that chain reaction might go. Start educating and more positive conversations and that will increase a better change than your current comment.
Got to start somewhere. Start small, send the message, get the word out, then dial up frequency and reach.
Also will have no idea what the possible participation rate could be if you don't have a trial run first.
May I present you all with the secondhand market. Please go back to using craigslist everyone. Craig never did you dirty and you left him hanging.
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I've been cleaning out the cupboards this month. Just going through all the random food stuff we have in the freezer and cupboard instead of buying anything
I see so many of these protests and blackouts. I wish there was a nationwide, unified voice for this stuff so its not so piece-mealed together. If only there was an opposition party.
I'm sure your "both sides bad" approach has helped, so much. /s
Look up the 50501 movement that this nationwide economic blackout is a part of. They also have a next nationwide protest planned for Mar 4th
The big labor unions could form a labor party and run candidates in rust belt congressional districts and probably win.
I never understood these "don't buy stuff on day X" things. Ok, then you will buy on the next day. It doesn't make a difference. What am I missing?
The idea is for it to be material enough that it shows up in reports about earnibgs for the day.
And also to get people accustomed to the idea of participating in mass actions. You don't go from barely having protests to a multi week general strike in one go. You do things like this, first.
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Hey, we're finally getting their attention!