Economic Blackout: Will a 24-hour boycott make a difference?

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Economic Blackout: Will a 24-hour boycott make a difference? - Lemmy.World

Lemmy

no
To the people thinking “but a huge dip in their numbers on this one day will scare them”: These megacorporations have set themselves up for consumers to be dependent on them. Even if we have a great turnout for this one-day boycott, it’s still a boycott that asks negligible sacrifice from consumers. The corporations won’t be worried that a big one-day boycott means consumers are poised to actually do real damage to them.
They’ll just go buy what they want tomorrow. By the time the company is reporting quarterly earnings it’ll have averaged back into place. Doesn’t scare investors at all. Literally zero pressure applied.
The goal is not to create financial hardship for the company right off the bat. I see it as a means to organize, coordinate, and fire a warning shot.
I look forward to whatever material action is precipitated from this symbolic gesture.
So what do you recommend?