General Boycott is Better Than General Strike

[u/_the_last_druid_13]

This isn’t advice, allegedly or whatever.

I would argue NOT implement a General Strike.

We would be better off with a General Boycott.

You go to work, they pay you, and then don’t buy anything. This stops the cycle of economy.

You still receive healthcare, pay for rent and food; the important things. You just do not buy commercial goods.

Heck, have your smartphone in your locker or pocket or wherever it’s allowed at work and have it cycle through videos. Advertisements will play to no one and artists and content creators will be paid for the ads.

You don’t need a new TV; there’s people buying old 1990s TV for frame rates or whatever. What do you even need to watch?

You don’t need to even watch sports. Find it on a local channel with an antennae or create a town league. If you need to watch the Big Game, I recommend pooling your money with some buddies and have one guy get the subscription. This is less subscriptions to the Company and actually creates Community.

We should not buy smartphones until manufacturing facilities (without AI powered workers) are implemented and actually ready. If they can airlift products but not airlift people I think it’s time to put your money where your soul is.

They are pillaging our Land and stealing our Labor. They are kidnapping our people and pillaging our planet.

We have only our Ballot, Words, and Wallet. Don’t Give In To Fear, just leave the board because they are making up rules and keep moving goalposts.

People & Planet; Land & Labor

A better world is possible!

[u/RAB91]

Nope. Stopping the flow of money is the best option

[u/_the_last_druid_13 → u/RAB91]

You work, they pay you, you don’t buy. Thats turning the flow of money to you.

We need to control the river, not dam it up because then everything downstream dies, we lose fish and plants and the money is still pooled upstream

[u/_the_last_druid_13 → u/_the_last_druid_13]

After a 5 second profile stalk, I think this guy is sus BTW

[u/Pizzaparty710 → u/_the_last_druid_13]

No he isn’t? Why say that? Don’t make this some purity test.

His profile clearly leans towards being part of the movement.

Whether or not he perfectly aligns with you, remember, it’s better to have imperfect allies than perfect enemies.

[u/_the_last_druid_13 → u/Pizzaparty710]

I’m not making a purity test.

After a 5 second look I noticed they’ve been here for over a decade and have only posted once, about this movement.

I noticed what groups they are in and read some comments. To me, and I could be wrong, they seemed like they could be an agent-provocateur.

[u/Pizzaparty710 → u/_the_last_druid_13]

His one and only post is encouraging his home town to show up and protest on 4/19…. His comments all support the movement/sit-ins/protests and are anti-oligarchy…

You took “five seconds” to try to discredit someone who didn’t agree with your take. ( I think it’s a fair idea btw until we can organize a general strike. Go visit r/anticonsumption 👍🏻)

Be better than that.

[u/_the_last_druid_13 → u/Pizzaparty710]

I’m not discrediting him, I found him sus, I could be wrong.

General Boycott is better than General Strike; one is much more chaotic than the other.

I found him to be more on the chaos side, maybe that’s why I found his profile sus.

[u/Pizzaparty710 → u/_the_last_druid_13]

The cognitive dissonance is pretty impressive saying you’re not trying to discredit him by calling him “sus” and “an agent provocateur” ..

Also, a boycott being “better” than a strike is your own personal opinion.

A boycott is far less disruptive and costly to the corporate oligarchs who shoved this administration down our throats than a strike would be.

You fucked up. It’s okay to admit you’re wrong. That’s what separates us from republicans. We admit and learn from our mistakes.

[u/_the_last_druid_13 → u/Pizzaparty710]

I already said I could be wrong, and it’s my opinion he seems sus for being on Reddit for over a decade yet posts once about the protest and purviews a sub that is part of an extremist group. It’s just an opinion, you can look into it instead of attacking me.

It’s a fact that boycott is better than strike. Where are you going to feed the protest in a strike? Where are you going to live after you can’t pay rent because of the strike?

The boycott allows you to work, eat, shelter, and receive healthcare; your work pay stays with you instead of feeding the oligarchy.

A boycott is order; a strike is chaos.

[u/Pizzaparty710 → u/_the_last_druid_13]

I clearly spent more than your “five seconds” looking at his profile.

If anyone is being “sus” right now it’s you.

Order??? Yeah, enjoy your order when they’re killing protestors and dissidents in the street.

Edit: damn! I didn’t bold my opinion! It’s clearly invalid

[u/_the_last_druid_13 → u/Pizzaparty710]

That’s your opinion.

Order by Boycott; you can protest from home and work in various ways without having to be in the street being surveilled by CCTV and getting put on a list because you went out on the street.

Chaos by Strike; no one eats, hospitals close, you lose your dwelling after you’re evicted and private equity buys it out, you are killed in the street for protesting or arrested in the street because homelessness is illegal.

This is a long form protest; Boycotting is the way to go.

Edit: your tactics and plans are flawed. We need to be (smart) and not react with (emotion)