• Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 hours ago

    Real doing something is a long term boycott. Not a one day thing. Real doing something is labor organization, unions allow collaboration at a higher level, and allow you to strike back at the throat.

    Even protesting at a leftist capital is doing more than a single day’s blackout.

    Go exercise your second amendment by a conservative senator’s house if you really want to do something (and I don’t mean that as a shoot them euphemism. Make them uncomfortable.)

    • WagyuSneakers@lemm.ee
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      50 minutes ago

      This is it. If we want to have any effect it needs to be much longer than a day. One month would make a statement. You could even cave out food. You could also have people cancel their endless list of subscriptions or just scale back their lifestyle for a greater effect than a one day pause.

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      8 hours ago

      The organization that organized the economic blackout has longer-term boycotts planned in the coming weeks. This is just the opening salvo. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

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        45 minutes ago

        You’re not getting “good”. A one day pause is not an effective strategy in any sense. It’s slacktivism. It’ll placate people who would have otherwise taken actual action.

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        8 hours ago

        Don’t let nothing be the enemy of good either. That’s all i need saying.

        You need everyone in line for longer ones. Single day ones only serve to make the companies more prepared for longer ones.