Our “show of strength” and willpower is not buying something on amazon for 1 day? And it’s easily confirmed online, that its a 1 day stunt?
It wreaks of “I’m doing my part”, or the countless internet outcries against something that goes away the next day. People will just spike buy the days before or after.
At a minimum it should be a plan for a week or two or four, where all you buy is the essentials (ie. food from the grocery or local farms ideally, pay your rent).
- cancel your subscriptions
- don’t eat out
- buy only local food as much as possible
- don’t buy shit, use what you’ve got, freecycle, etc.
- plant a victory garden
That said, what we’ve got is in motion, so join others doing the minimum on the 28th, and then just keep on.
I think to really have impact though, a national strike is necessary, but difficult with folks living paycheck to paycheck. When advertiser expenses consistently result in 0 value clicks, when businesses have to shutter their doors, when food is going bad on the shelves because folks are willing to grow their own or buy local.
Yeah exactly, spend that saved money one day later, i’m sure it will hurt the ruling class
Not spending on one day sends a message and that is the point, not to hurt them. You wanna hurt them? Don’t spend for a week. If covid shutdowns taught us anything its that disrupting capitalism for a week absolutely hurts them.
Can’t buy things if you don’t have money
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i’ll do you one better: everyone find at least one thing to either stop buying forever or aquire from a better source, make the strike permanent and sustainable.
The essence of “vote with your wallet.”
One day is going to do exactly nothing. A year of shrinking revenue, though…
Haha, jokes on them! I don’t buy anything on most days!
Are we doing that whole confusing “I declare a general strike” thing again?
Also share the message that the point is to punish the retailer. Don’t double up on purchases before or after the boycott day. Doubling up will cancel out the boycott day.
Sad that this has to be said
I don’t think it’s sad; some people really do need help understanding this. Protesting an oligarchy is new for most of us. You’ve just provided helpful information to people who can participate in this, especially those who can ONLY participate in this for one reason or another
I’m for protesting… I’m just getting confused when… I saw dates on March and February… When are we protesting lol
Nobody has any idea and everyone is scrambling to organize but without any actual organization.
I don’t know… and I don’t buy stuff most days, already…
Rather not buying anything for a day, how about only buy from independent shops or buy second hand, failing that just not buying from big tech and businesses? Yes, it’s harder, but no one said that this should be easy…
Yea, a single day of missed profits might make them give a statement, but they’re not going to change because of it.
We need to stop buying things from these people, period, across the board.
If it’s a chain/franchised, don’t give them your money.
We’re in, my family & I! Have it posted to my profile! Spread the word!🍁
I feel like setting a day to not do capitalism is pointless. Everyone will just make up for it the following day.
A general strike only earns a response if it goes on until it forces one.
All this disillusionment-posting about a one-day strike is reeking of pro-cap propaganda.
Just fuckin do it. Then do more. Start now, and stop expecting perfection from the get go
people will buy anyway, subconsciously balancing out their purchases over time, imo. making an effort to buy things that actually last and repairing and reusing will make more of a difference
Buying from a small business and boycotting big corps will do more.
Well put. Start small, raise awareness, then ramp it up.
have to crawl before you can walk. it’s going to take all kinds of actions and events to make a noticeable difference and one size does not fit all problems/communities
Yeah one day ain’t doing shit.
I say this cause we will all just buy the shit next day or next week. I want this kind of stuff to work, but we need extended protests.
The billionaire class probably have enough resources to starve us all out of a general strike. The system ticks on in the meantime… Landlords expect rent, banks expect mortgage payments, interest accrues, etc.
I sincerely hope I am wrong, but I don’t think there’s a way to swat the system in the nose and in bring it around to working for regular people.
To cripple capitalism in the way that people seem to envision would require mass worker revolt; seizing assets and land, securing access to basic needs, military and communications operations. However, a prolonged revolt will only create a power vacuum, so it would also require a plan to implement reforms in a coordinated, cooperative, and sustainable manner.
people definitely spend less if they feel obligated to think about it a bit more
My grocery day is saturday and the 28th is a Friday so easy? I don’t understand how a single day is meant to accomplish anything, most people don’t buy something every single day.
Most people don’t buy something everyday, but billions of dollars worth of stuff is bought everyday.
You guys are buying stuff?
I feel like I missed a trick. What’s going on?
- Sincerely, A Canadian
America is a whole shit show so we are trying to make the economy suffer big for a day so that the government might suck less
Good luck and may all the power be on your side
