Distributed as in non centralized. Many people feel like there is nothing they can do to contribute to meaningful change, especially with how spread out Americans are, but surely there has got to be something.
Using the trend of blocking traffic as an example, I think a coordinated effort to not just block a highway in one city, but to block state routes and other arteries in many places would be more effective. Instead of one city having bad traffic for a day, it would be many towns and it would be harder to dismiss as a local problem if people across the states are engaging.
Yep
Modern American economy doesn’t give a shit about labor strikes.
But a consumer strike?
Everyone literally cutting out all extraneous purchases and cancelling every subscription except utilities…
That would get the wealthy’s attention.
US corporations have been paying real attention to Canadian boycotts of US products. At this point, it has become habituated and will not be reversible.
Oh, I’m not sure how much that will matter. I was shopping today and all that was left was an American brand of spring mix that I have been avoiding for months now because it’s American.
Well fuck me sideways, wasn’t it suddenly made in Canada?
I also noticed something similar at the hardware store. I researched a product and found exactly what I needed. It was a gutter screw made by a company called Euramax.
When I got to the store the packaging said “Amerimax”. So they rebranded their shit in Canada online before their current stock was out, I guess.
yes it does. they went in like hawks when the railroad strike happened to stop it.
they are pretty heavy-handed when big tech workers dissent.
Can’t speak for your household, but ours is already there, by necessity. Shit’s gotten too damned expensive. At this point we’re buying only what we actually need with an eye on how to make it last as long as possible. And me and my wife make $140k combined.
Same. Making less but similarly the consumerism has all but died in our young family. Just healthcare and food for the most part.
How do you figure that?
The old ways are being forgotten