Yeah but it lets people feel like they’ve boycotted. Which isn’t coddling/faux activism so much as it is starter-activism. We don’t want activism to seem hard… even though we know that effective activism pretty much requires meaningful changes to behaviour which often brings discomfort. People are really out of practice
Comment on Amazon Boycot March 7-14th | No Purchases. Its time to disrupt the system.
thejml@lemm.ee 2 days agoTrue, but 7 days isn’t enough time for that. I’ve gone weeks between purchasing the kinds of things Amazon delivers, so it’d just be normal. 2+ months is probably better. Especially if those months are Nov & Dec.
Knitwear@lemmy.world 2 days ago
crabigno@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Too late. If not buying unnecessary shit they don’t need from a particular retailer that could be replaced by any other during a previously delimited week seems revolutionary to them… I’m sorry but… They are a huge part of the problem.
crabigno@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I have spent the 38 years I have accumulated without needing to buy a single thing from that particular company. WTF?
null@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Some people can’t even handle a 1-day boycott. I think you’re overestimating the average person’s tolerance for discomfort.
SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
I don’t even understand what people buy so often. I can easily go a month without buying a new physical item that’s not like, food
SeeFerns@programming.dev 2 days ago
I really don’t get it either, how much shit do people need!?