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.
A hell of a lot more than nothing. They’re starting with one day, and then increasing the number of days in subsequent boycotts
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.
I agree with you. Fortunately, most big corporations are so shortsighted and focused on making numbers go up, it wouldn’t take more than a month to a quarter to really send a message.
It’s much more palatable for the general public to boycott a handful of companies in the long term, particularly those that kowtow to the current administration by getting rid of DEI https://apnews.com/article/dei-diversity-equity-inclusion-lawsuits-f2f5e9136ac95d9466ee91c97c7e3be1
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.
I really don’t think it will.