General Discussion

* and a lack of willingness to do the hard work to accomplish meaningful change and improvements. It would also indicate that someone wants "instant results" and instant gratification with incredibly minimal effort. Almost as an afterthought rather than being targeted and meaningful.

I live in the real world. I'm sorry to be the one to break it to you, but there are no instant fixes. And "minimal effort" always means "minimal results".

>>"Sustained, targeted, boycotts" is literally worthless. I haven't shopped at Walmart for over 10 years. They didn't even notice.

I'm sorry to hear that your personal boycott of Walmart has been ineffective. You're right, they don't care that you stopped shopping there. In order for it to be effective, it would need to be... um... sustained and targeted, wouldn't it?

And just as they don't care that you stopped shopping there, they also won't care (or notice) if their sales dip a little bit one day and then rise a little bit the next day. Those types of short-term micro fluctuations happen all the time. Whether it's because consumers are stocking up before a storm... then not buying during the storm... and restocking after the storm.

A single person boycotting for 10 years won't make difference. Thousands of people boycotting for one day also won't make a difference. It's true.

>> no matter how small, to make our voices and feelings heard.

The "oligarchs" will not notice. Nor will the shareholders. It's the equivalent of shouting at clouds. People may feel like they've accomplished something (when they haven't) and then they'll be less likely to do or participate in something meaningful.