We are still in this together, but "this" is going to be real different in the very near future. This demands a different kind of "we."
The French Resistance during Nazi occupation played important roles delivering downed Allied airmen back to safety, supplying military intelligence, and acts of sabotage.
The Underground Railroad is estimated to have brought 100,000 freedom seekers to safety between 1810 and 1850.
It's time.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/32356461
I honestly don't know what the "don't buy anything" protest is supposed to do. Everyone is going to buy extra stuff on the 27th and then just do all of their catch-up spending on the 29th. This isn't going to affect companies at all.
you have to crawl before you can walk.
the point isn't to impact companies... no one's expecting a single day boycott to end capitalism. that's ridiculous.
small events leading up to bigger ones is part of growing a movement, of testing how far you can count on people to support your cause. these types of actions are test runs to see if people have any capacity whatsoever for organizing and acting together in unison.
some leftists (other commenters in this thread who were gatekeeping) are too smart for their own good, and think that we can get millions to go on a general strike overnight or enact some dramatic v for vendetta moment. turns out, deeply individualist Americans conditioned by a lifetime of isolation and atomized existence need a little gradual coaxing sometimes.
It's a show of support and organization. It's a warning that "We are able to organize enough people to make this much of an impact for 1 day, if nothing changes then next time it will be longer."
[email protected] can we please pin this post?
You forgot the leading @, but I'm paying attention, so I saw this comment.
I think you're on to something, but I think I might have a better idea for a "what events are going on" thing to pin. Hold please.
I wouldn't know how to distinguish all of these calls for protest lately from astroturfing campaigns.
Are there really no institutions left in the US you can rally behind and who are big and experienced enough to call for organised protests? What are the biggest non-governmental progressive or liberal institutions in the US anyway?
No buying from Amazon for a week 💀
Everyone should blacklist that filth.
Every step counts. I'd rather 1 person ditch Amazon for a week than 10 people do nothing because they don't think 1 week is enough.
Okay, but I've bought one item in the last five years on a throwaway account. It's trivial to drop them.
Cancelled my prime earlier this month. Surprised how little I’ve needed it since
How much stuff do you usually order online that you're surprised by that?
I own a home, so fairly often. My local hardware store died a couple years ago, so it’s been a game of what’s cheaper, Lowe’s, Home Depot, or Amazon.
Do you have a habitat re-store close? They are a thrift store for house shit.
Also, if you have an ace hardware, they are a co-op. Helps keep money in your community. Mine started giving me local pricing once they figured out I live a few blocks over. Just wish they had more.
Hadn’t heard of re-store, I’ll check it out thanks
Love love love my local restore. Some are better than others but it's always fun to go in with minimal expectations. I have had a lot of luck hoping to find that piece I'm looking for but I don't get upset if I can't find it.
IMO when stuff gets bad enough, this stuff will start to get around by word of mouth.
I'm doing my part
The amazon protest should be ez pz. I already don't buy from them
Stopped but from Amazon last summer. Almost a year now
But what if I stock up before 28th February?