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.
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.
I do grocery shopping almost every day since I live a block from a store. I just get food for the day. So skipping one day is like they won’t get what, $10-20 from me? I don’t see how that will make any kind of impact either unfortunately. Really needs to be longer than a day. I’ll still do it because one day isn’t going to affect me at all so might as well, maybe I’m wrong and something will come of it
You guys are buying stuff?
Can’t buy things if you don’t have money
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Are we doing that whole confusing “I declare a general strike” thing again?
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.
Haha, jokes on them! I don’t buy anything on most days!
If money is speech, we have a right to remain silent.
The bank when you stop spending the money (you’ve lent it to them now):
Edit: Replaced “borrowed” with “lent”
First of all, fuck banks, my Credit Union is owned cooperatively by its members
Second, my emergency fund is stashed physically at a secure location and no bank needs to know it exists until the moment I’ve used it.
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.
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’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…
Call me when the Teamsters authorize it
We’re in, my family & I! Have it posted to my profile! Spread the word!🍁
