On Friday, December 15th, "a “merry band of miscreants” entered a Whole Foods in NYC, lifted a bunch of groceries, and walked out in Jeff Bezos masks," reported independent journalist Talia Jane on Twitter/X. The journalist posted, "the action was in protest against corporate wealth alongside increased food insecurity & to call attention to Amazon’s...
  • @fireweed
    61•10 months ago

    When the people’s concerns are ignored, you get peaceful protests. When peaceful protests are ignored, you get civil disobedience. When civil disobedience is ignored…

    This ain’t your Millennial’s Occupy. Gen Z is skipping straight to the real shit.

      • @sheogorath
        11•10 months ago

        Millennials are too old and have too much to lose now.

          • @sheogorath
            6•9 months ago

            I’m an old millennial and many of the millennials that I know (around 70:30 split) have started a family. Usually when you have a child your perspective starts to shift.

        • Deceptichum
          8•10 months ago

          I’m only a few years older than a zoomer and I have nothing to lose.

          Try again.

          • @sheogorath
            1•9 months ago

            Try taking care of your family and say you have nothing to lose.

          • @sheogorath
            2•9 months ago

            If you’re the backbone of your family there’s suddenly a lot of things to be lost.

        • @Venat0r
          2•10 months ago

          Only if they’re in a career that got some pay rises that sorta kept up with inflation in the last couple of decades such as software development or… Finance?

    • @feedum_sneedson
      -2•9 months ago

      This ain’t your Millennial’s Occupy. Gen Z is skipping straight to the real shit.

      cringe

  • @Hotdogman
    18•10 months ago

    My right to tendies shall not be infringed upon.