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Amazon Boycot March 7-14th | No Purchases. Its time to disrupt the system. (mstdn.social)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 59 points 2 years ago (10 children)

How do you get people who can't see themselves boycotting indefinitely? You get them used to it by getting them on board to boycott for a fixed length of time. Ideally, as they warm up to the idea, you get them to boycott for longer.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Some people can't even handle a 1-day boycott. I think you're overestimating the average person's tolerance for discomfort.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    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 and our goal is getting people into the habit

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    I think it will more have the effect of “I did a boycott now I don’t have to do anything” and people like this will then get to feel good about doing absolutely nothing.

    I really don’t hold out hope anymore when I see shit like this, people aren’t going to do anything unless they become VERY UNCOMFORTABLE and VERY SUDDENLY. Posts like this depress the fuck out of me.

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