General Discussion

The group that’s organizing this is organizing more actions targeting specific companies. If this goes well, it will empower more people to join later events. Like, what if in one day of direct boycott we tank the economy for one day. That would make a lot of shareholders get antsy.

It isn’t so much about consumption, it’s teaching people that we can wield our collective economic power. Amazon didn’t exist (or barely existed) 30 years ago. Humanity survived. We can kill it if we want. People can buy goods from lots of vendors, we don’t have to shop at WalMart or Target even if they are the only stores in a midwestern town. Any company will ship anything, anywhere. If that’s your only grocery store, you can just buy your groceries there and nothing else. These kinds of events are also teaching moments.

Finally, it’s something people can do instead of despairing. Anything that throws sand in the gears is not only good, but needed. Same with anything that gives citizens legal agency.

I honestly can’t understand why people who think it’s dumb feel the need to discourage others. You don’t want an abortion? Don’t get one. You don’t think a single day economic boycott will work? Go to the mall and leave us alone.