But if the actions taken are inconsequential, then I don’t think they really care. If u don’t buy for 1 day, but then load up the next, then thats completely irrelevant no?
Take insurance for instance. We had to kill a CEO to just to get the industry to retract some clauses. Campaigning didn’t work
I work at a Big Box Store, unfortunately, and will be working the 28th. That said, I support this and I support y'all making my day as slow as possible.
Remember, ANY difference is good difference, and you ARE making a difference. <3
I've been refusing to buy from anyone I didn't like for years now with the exception of a couple things I couldnt find literally anywhere else. Even blocked Amazon from my bank. But hell yeah bestie go for it. Make it a forever thing and save money with your middle finger
With the exception of gas stations, just do this all the time.
I know there are a few people in small towns whose only groceries or supplies option is a big box store, but for most of us it's surprisingly easy if you try. You can live without Amazon and Walmart, I promise
very proud to have only made 2 corporate brand purchases since 2025. farmers markets and small businesses have better stuff and oh i love people so much more than brands
Never ever give ending dates to these. You give companies the time to act accordingly and show you can only hold out for a single day. When the 24 hours is over its back to business as usual with them taking your money
a few things! the people's union organized this with the aim of protesting rapidly inflating prices, corporate greed, and billionaire tax breaks; others are joining the protest for other reasons, like companies rolling back DEI initiatives, the oil industry, and general consumerism. this is also
I agree! At least those shops are getting a cut to support their families! It’s the life we live so why not try to minimize that impact as much as possible. There’s always a way to do more by having less
very true! but the boycott isn't necessarily about ethical consumption necessarily, it's about broadly boycotting megacorps as a display and routing your money/purchasing away from them :O gotta start tackling the capitalist machine from somewhere!
Also, I literally cannot get employed, I apply and get denied, this email back was like the 20th rejection in a row, I've been at it since December and can't even get an interview anywhere. Temp Agency won't find me work. My resume has 15 jobs since 2017, I get fired....a lot
Yes, because you can starve people that have 100s years worth of profit in assets - when you need to go to Walmart the day after because you literally starve.
Please use your brain and stop wasting your energy on useless forms of pretend-resistance
No I think there actually is a deeper point to this. In prompting people to avoid these things, to shop local and prepare ahead of time, that teaches people how to be more responsible with their purchases. Most people wouldn't even think about these things.
idk how to explain this to people but shoving your spending one day later assuming you were even going to go buy anything at all in the first place is not mkaing a difference will not make a difference and will not be noticed because nowhere near enough people would be doing it anyway
there is absolutely no fucking universe where "oh no, we had lower sales this one single day" translates into any sort of meaningful change.
i also love how this call to action has absolutely zero details on what it's actually trying to accomplish, it just says "dont go to the store on friday"
the boycott, organized by the people’s union, is the first in a string of boycotts intended to basically snowball in effect and length.
you’re right, i probably couldve been more specific about what the boycott is attempting to protest, but like… TPU’s statement about the purpose of the protest
is vague too. possibly because it’s not difficult to imagine why we would want to boycott megacorps given the current political climate here - there are a number of valid reasons to do so, and i think that’s why the call to action is being understood pretty well by most.
muting this now ://3 please don’t let doomers and elitists discourage you from participating; the more of us there are, the greater the impact of our efforts.
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EVERYBODY, please - we need to show our power. get cash and stay away from your phone/computer. walk down the block and buy your stuff from your neighbor stores. it’s not that hard and you will feel better. it’s just a better way to live.
Tomorrow;
1) stop I to a Tesla dealership.
2)Test drive a car. 3)Sit down to sign to paperwork...then
4)simply get up and walk away as to recite "fuck Musk" and "this is a no buying day protest"!
this has been the form of protest that was used on all of these companies for years and the country is now descending into fascism because it never ever made any difference, and yet people still insist on choosing "I'll just stay home and save my money" as their form of activism.
also one of them is literally "gas stations" my guy
theyre gonna have to get gas eventually, and that eventually is gonna be the very next day after they pat themselves on the back for doing quite literally nothing.
join an org and ACTUALLY do something, or sit back and keep your community safe.
when has that ever done anything other than teach these companies that all they have to do is plan for one or two days of SLIGHTLY lower sales, which is then statistically followed by a slight INCREASE in sales when everyone inevitably goes to do the things they spent 24 hours boycotting
Genuine question; if the only way you can prepare yourself to not spend anything on the 28th, but you still need gas and groceries the day before, wouldnt that defeat the purpose of the 24 hr strike?
Nope! It's just the 24 hours of the 28th so stuff bought on the 27th and the 1st wouldn't count :) It's also a little buried in the thread because it's someone else's reply but this just applies to big box stores, small businesses and some grocery companies are fine
Lol what? The point is to hurt them financially by not spending at the store. If you spend money the day before or the day after they still made the same money off you.
What you should do is pick one or two stores and boycott completely until they change. Then you switch to one or two others.
I agree about stepping back or not supporting businesses long-term until policy or management changes but if on this post the point is a black out DAY, then that's all this particularly has to do with. Also, hard for people to avoid paying for gas in Some way if gas stations are on the list.
Because what people have available to them is going to depend on where they are, ultimately, so I can't speak on that for this one person asking a question.
Well then they pick one gas chain in their region and only buy from that one, hurting all the other chains.
If it's just one day, and people are still gonna spend the same money on different days. This makes zero difference, and is just performative with no intent to change anything.
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It's less the money and more the fact people CAN and WILL work together on a large scale to effect change
Take insurance for instance. We had to kill a CEO to just to get the industry to retract some clauses. Campaigning didn’t work
Imagine collective action on the scale of countries, instead of companies. That is one step away from economic revolution
This is a show of unity, not to bankrupt them
Remember, ANY difference is good difference, and you ARE making a difference. <3
I know there are a few people in small towns whose only groceries or supplies option is a big box store, but for most of us it's surprisingly easy if you try. You can live without Amazon and Walmart, I promise
people are so fucking stupid...
Remember.
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism
Please use your brain and stop wasting your energy on useless forms of pretend-resistance
You are being a useful idiot for the billionaires
I thought that was already exceedingly obvious.
i also love how this call to action has absolutely zero details on what it's actually trying to accomplish, it just says "dont go to the store on friday"
you’re right, i probably couldve been more specific about what the boycott is attempting to protest, but like… TPU’s statement about the purpose of the protest
They're too rich to be stopped like this.
It's gotta be a long term thing, But these "performative activists" don't want to do that.
BECAUSE THESE COMPANIES ARE TOO BIG.
They have gotten so big, that 3 days of even 0 profit whatsoever would not hurt them. They need to be dismantled.
Well thats if the elderly decide to join
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Google
Amtrak
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Disney
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Chipotle
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PBS
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Molson Coors
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McDonald’s
Meta
Amazon
Target
The Smithsonian Institution
Google
Amtrak
Accenture
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GM
Disney
GE
Intel
PayPal
Chipotle
Comcast
PBS
Deloitte
Goldman Sachs
Coca Cola
Citigroup
JP Morgan Chase
1) stop I to a Tesla dealership.
2)Test drive a car. 3)Sit down to sign to paperwork...then
4)simply get up and walk away as to recite "fuck Musk" and "this is a no buying day protest"!
#FUCKtesla
#FUCKmusk
#FUCKstarlink
#trump4JAIL
JOIN AN ORG
theyre gonna have to get gas eventually, and that eventually is gonna be the very next day after they pat themselves on the back for doing quite literally nothing.
join an org and ACTUALLY do something, or sit back and keep your community safe.
I'm not advocating for people to not join orgs -- I'm encouraging them to support the organizations by participating in their boycots.
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By no means all encompassing, but i don't see why we shouldn't join orgs AND engage in boycotts?
What you should do is pick one or two stores and boycott completely until they change. Then you switch to one or two others.
If it's just one day, and people are still gonna spend the same money on different days. This makes zero difference, and is just performative with no intent to change anything.
Though I guess the ukrainians have great success with bricks ... of C4 under FPV drones.
People will shop the day before or the day after and the stores still make the same money.
Things like this need to be for a month at minimum. But should be longer, like until change is affected.
SPREAD THE WORD!