General Discussion

Again, microfluctuations will not be seen or felt or noticed. A one-week "boycott" of Walmart would be no different than snowy weather that delayed purchases... and that someone eventually bought anyway. It will just be a blip that evens out at the end of the month or at the end of the quarter.

The only entity that will maybe notice a General Mills boycott (for an entire week? Oooo! Wow!) will be the individual grocery stores... but only for a week. When people rush back the following to restock their Lucky Charms and Cheerios... who'll care? Not the grocer, not his wholesale supplier, and certainly not General Mills.

With so many false stops and starts and ZERO results, people will have become accustomed to the idea that it's not helping and they'll get bored with it.

There are a finite number of times that someone can cry wolf or predict the Second Coming before people stop listening and stop caring. The same principle applies here. Folks will be thinking "Oh? Another boycott? Why bother? The last one didn't make any difference, why will this one? Besides, I need a new pair of shoes today."

>> Honestly I believe a week long general strike will likely be required.

I agree. But it would need to be longer than a week. And, not enough people are suffering deeply to be motivated to do such a thing. Things will need to get much worse. Also, I wonder, would hospitals and firefighters and police take part too? What would the "demands" be? Who would be responsible for the negotiations? Are we striking to get the attention of Trump? Johnson? Musk? How would "success" be measured? Would it be enough to just get their attention? How fast would the "success" and change need to happen in order to be considered as being "meaningful"?

I know a lot of people imagine (want to push?) the US to have an equivalent of the French Revolution, or the Russian Revolution, or the Iranian Revolution, or our own Arab Spring moment... but it won't happen.