Amazon Boycot March 7-14th | No Purchases. Its time to disrupt the system.

[ripcord@lemmy.world]

Yeah, having like <5% of people put off buying stuff for a week isn't going to do that.

Unfortunately at this point only something fairly world-changing is going to really do much. And it's definitely going to get much worse before it gets better. Prepare for it.

[ripcord@lemmy.world]

Was it not in a 401k or something?

[imvii@lemmy.ca]

Agreed. Better to make it a month or two. This gives you time to find replacement companies and then hopefully never return to Amazon.

[ripcord@lemmy.world]

Did you uninstall it?

[teknevra@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Great Idea.

Perhaps call it something like:

BeeOff - A play on "bee" similar to Honey, but with a focus on avoiding (off) certain products.

BoycottBee - Directly stating its purpose as a boycott tool.

Avoidify - Emphasizes the idea of avoiding certain products or brands.

BlanketBan - Suggests a comprehensive avoidance or ban.

NectarNone - Opposite of honey nectar, focusing on avoiding products.

ProtestPal
A friendly companion for those who want to make a statement by boycotting certain products.

SentryShop
Acts as a guardian or sentry while shopping, warning against certain products.

Ethico
Emphasizes ethical consumption by avoiding certain brands or products.

NoGo
Simple and direct, signaling products to avoid.

BlockBuy
Directly blocks purchases of unwanted products.

SanctionShop
Implies a personal sanction or restriction on certain products.

ProtestPulse
A tool that keeps the pulse of your protest or boycott efforts.

Avoida
A playful name emphasizing avoidance.

[Guest]

Sounds like an excuse to not get started.

[zarkanian@sh.itjust.works]

You're hired!

[zarkanian@sh.itjust.works]

Also tell them why you're boycotting them. That's an important step.

[aoxomoxoa@lemmy.world]

Amazombies ain't gonna do that. bezos has them hooked in their guts

[irreticent@lemmy.zip]

Accelerationism is not the best way forward.

[aoxomoxoa@lemmy.world]

Amazon has the masses enthralled

[ohvenus_baby@lemmy.ml]

Its gut wrenching. No amount of lawsuit money could give true justice. Lives were taken. You can't give those back.

Change is the only positive outcome, and money to the families sure. But to prevent that horrible atrocity and to give power back to the people. Where they aren't in fear to go home for fear of losing their jobs or what ever the punishment was.

[ripcord@lemmy.world]

With that said - I'm definitely not saying DON'T do it. Just realize this is would be a raindrop and we need a flood.

[brodysseus@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Thanks for taking the time to respond I appreciate it.

[the_q@lemm.ee]

What's the best way forward then?

[sunglocto@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

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.

[sunglocto@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

And here you've encountered first hand why these protests don't work.

[Guest]

This is what I often do. Handy since search engines are worthless anymore.

[witten@lemmy.world]

The implicit demand is to stop supporting fascists.

[Guest]

It sounds like a call to avoid symbolic action and take meaningful action instead, to me.