I don’t have an opinion on this action but I do know that terminally online people who critique a given action w/o proposing some kind of alternative of where people should focus their energy do more harm than good. It’s cynical and dispiriting and it encourages people new to activism to disengage.
Celebrities are pushing Blackout Friday, telling people not to shop at places like Target or Amazon. But it's unclear what Blackout Friday actually stands for – and its creator is a "Mindfulness Coach" who wants to abolish income taxes and the federal government.
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Plus it's like so many just go out of their way to find a reason to be negative.
If you can't do this little easy thing, how can I count on you when it's time to do the big hard thing?
We need to break our addiction to shopping. THAT'S what will have a real, and necessary, impact.
The next time it will be ‘How many people this time?’
That’s how you communicate you think you’re morally superior and you can mainly about posting.
You have to build people up to things. Starting with something this easy is a smart move for several reasons.
I do not understand what constant scolding and weird sense of superiority is suppose to accomplish.
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Goddamn, people.
Learn how to talk to normal people.
I tried hard to push the idea that the union was for all of us, including the more conservative/normie leaning people who didn’t “get it” But cool kids club won out. And we lost the union.
But it was cool we cost the company tons of money
Buy nothing, then make something.
Here's how it works, after you buy nothing today, make something. Art, music, food, whatever. Then post it here.
Here's today's creation. (I have others) Feel free to use it.
Think of it as a way of creatively checking in that you did your part. (Or at least want people to think you did)
The lifelong concepts of community, public service and we’re all connected grew from there.
I honestly could not give a flying fuck if the guy who started this boycott is sus. I care that it gives an actionable imprint for resistance to people.
Normalcy bias can be broken with that beginning.
You don't have to like someone as a lets-hang-out friend in order to stand together against fascism.
People will gatekeep anything and everything including activism.
Pitching activism as difficult & about self-deprivation gets you some converts, sure. But you can also pitch it as building a happier, fun, & better world.
“Sorry, kid, my personality was formed before social media” but in a good way