Amazon Boycot March 7-14th | No Purchases. Its time to disrupt the system.
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Is this a joke? Like 2k people on fedi don't buy anything from Amazon for a week?
These "economic blackout"s are completely futile. Especially if they only target a single service, or if they target a service as big as Amazon. If this blackout is for everything Amazon operates, you can't use Twitch, or Fire TV, or Prime Video, or Fire devices, or Kindles, or any website that is run with AWS. You think normies are going to sacrifice all of that ease of use for a week, and even if in some alternate dimension they have any self control over their consumption, they'll just go back to using Amazon.
Amazon will survive for 7 days. What about people all around the world that quite frankly don't give a fuck about uspol? What about subscriptions? Invincible 3x8 comes out in this time period? Nobody will watch it? People will stop using a third of the Internet, their streaming slop devices, their e-celeb propaganda outlets? It simply won't happen.
These blackouts are an immature way to "break the system, man". They completely ignore the reasons why normies go to the slop mill in the first place. The general population has 0 self control over their spending. They will consume, and consume, and consume, until they die.
Wellp, at least we can torrent the new Invincible season
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Wellp, at least we can torrent the new Invincible season
Shit's great
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I don't think advocating people do nothing while vaguely gesturing at doing more while offering no alternatives or next steps is meaningful action.
I don't think what you describe is meaningful action either.
Do I understand that you agree the proposed "blackout" is symbolic, and that you wish there were something more meaningful being proposed; or are you defending the blackout as meaningful itself? Do you agree with the criticism of the blackout's being symbolic, but want to go along with it despite its lack of meaning (or perhaps better stated, lack of effect)?
For my part, I'd be much more pleased with the idea of the blackout if I could be convinced that it would have useful results, and would generally be in favor of so-called "meaningful action." This blackout wouldn't effect me either way since I've already given up amazon and google stuff almost entirely except what I need for work. I just need to know what the meaningful next step would be.
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Even people that use Amazon surely are most likely to not buy stuff in any typical week? I just stopped using it.
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Haven't bought almost anything from Amazon in decades. I think Jeff Bezos got like 13 $ from me. Ever. Period.
There have always been better or just as good deals elsewhere (i.e. eBay). And I think that people do not realize that more than 50% of offered stuff can be obtained CHEAPER when bought directly from the seller/producer.
Just write an eMail and... off you go.
One thing Amazon is better at (at least here in Germany) is free shipping. But seeing how that is a least partially responsible for creating a cutthroat delivery market, where companies contract out delivery work to barely self-employed drivers for barely any money, paying for shipping doesn't seem like a bad idea (even though I know the drivers won't really see any of that money in the end)
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I don't think what you describe is meaningful action either.
Do I understand that you agree the proposed "blackout" is symbolic, and that you wish there were something more meaningful being proposed; or are you defending the blackout as meaningful itself? Do you agree with the criticism of the blackout's being symbolic, but want to go along with it despite its lack of meaning (or perhaps better stated, lack of effect)?
For my part, I'd be much more pleased with the idea of the blackout if I could be convinced that it would have useful results, and would generally be in favor of so-called "meaningful action." This blackout wouldn't effect me either way since I've already given up amazon and google stuff almost entirely except what I need for work. I just need to know what the meaningful next step would be.
If we were to assume that everyone would just wait until the 15th to do all their amazon orders that they waited a week for then I would agree it's symbolic.
For many, this will be what happens, but for some, they will find an alternative. Then maybe in the future they chose that alternative too. It's about gradual progress towards better alternatives. For you, maybe finding ways to make your work less reliant on those things would help. Or if that's not possible maybe working somewhere else that doesn't make you sacrifice your values.
As an example, one person choosing to educate themselves on animal welfare might not have much effect today, or tomorrow, or even next week. But after years, even small changes can mean the elimination of suffering for dozens or hundreds of lives.
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I already started my boycott last month.
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Americans really dont know how to protest...
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True, 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.
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.
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One thing Amazon is better at (at least here in Germany) is free shipping. But seeing how that is a least partially responsible for creating a cutthroat delivery market, where companies contract out delivery work to barely self-employed drivers for barely any money, paying for shipping doesn't seem like a bad idea (even though I know the drivers won't really see any of that money in the end)
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This is dumb.
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Just permanently switch to buying from AliExpress.
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Don't just delay and then buy delayed 5 days later.
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Send money to wfp party instead of Dems.
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have u ever forgotten to pay at Walmart?
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buy a gun while u can. It takes some fucking effort in blue states.
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go on Amazon - you can print a custom garden flag.
Print Luigi and post it in your yard. -
start building a troll farm
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Just delete your account already.
Can't - they practically monopolized china reshipment and white labeling In US.
Best u can do - check qlibaba, temu, AliExpress first and order from there
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Amazombies ain't gonna do that. bezos has them hooked in their guts
Amazon monopolized china reselling industry
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TFW when I rarely use Amazon anyway.
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Americans really dont know how to protest...
My hope would be that some people realize they don't need it after all and cancel their subscriptions and such.
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Americans really dont know how to protest...
"Vote with your wallets" is a common expression among Americans after all.
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How exactly will this disrupt the system?
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I cancelled my prime membership. I'm going to look around for alternatives before I delete my account which I more than likely will be doing at this point.
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Or how about you just stop buying from that cancerous blight on our society altogether?
I mostly shop on eBay now. Way better anyway.
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Some people can't even handle a 1-day boycott. I think you're overestimating the average person's tolerance for discomfort.
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
