Forum Post: After the Fifth of November, we should begin broadening our perspective

I was excited to see Guy Fawkes Day and the revolutionary pop-culture reference put to a more effective use in this revolution. I moved my money out of the corporate banking system almost two years ago, so I didn't get to personally make that direct impact on the fifth, but I did all that I could to spread the message and expand the impact that it has, still I feel that the perspective still needs to be broadened.

One of the key arguments against the protests that I keep hearing is that the protesters themselves are spending funds on corporate products suck as Starbucks coffee or General Electric generators. Couple that with the argument that the real way to evoke change is to "hit them where it hurts", namely, in the wallet. I feel that we can hit two birds with one stone on this with a systematic boycott of all products and services provided by major corporations which do not follow ethical social standards, replacing them with products produced by local companies which do. Furthermore, we should not allow the free advertising of such products by having their product logos visible during protest, interaction, or filming. I will be working on a list of the top 100 least socially useful corporations and an accompanying list of alternative sources for similar products over the next few weeks, and I hope to cover as wide a variety of items as I can. anyone wishing to contribute to such a list, please remember not to list any alternative which are subsidiaries of larger, 1%-style corporate organizations. Lets show them that regardless of the basic needs they think we have, they are not one of them.