Forum Post: Wouldn't this work?!!!!!
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 9, 2011, 8:33 p.m. EST by Dnilbs123
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As people join, pick one company to boycott each day and protest until their CEO's raise wages. If we are 99%, then if Bank of America losses 99% of their business in a day, that will send a message. We need a plan of action and a signup plan. If Walmart were targeted for one week of zero sales, we could do it. Force the companies to pay the actual workers.
The flawed assumption here, and the reason why this won't work, is because "the 99%" refers to income brackets, not ideology. The lower 99% don't agree on anything at all. Maybe 0.1% of the 99% might participate in a boycott. Don't make the mistake of believing your own rhetoric. There is not a united movement of 99% of the American population.
I personally know THE WALGREENS, of Walgreens drugs. I can assure you they do not shop there, it is the 99%.
If the overall thought is that what we are trying to do will fail, then it will. I don't think this is an ordinary situation. If someone takes the time to look up this website, I think they will take the inaction to not shop at a store for a week. How simple is that to do. Doing noting. I think a couple examples would push the rest.
Instead of Boycotting. We need to implements solutions that make these monolithic corporation insignificant over time.
There are many solutions that when implemented will demonstrate to those in control that we are not Cash Cows anymore.
Modular community business models have far more capabilities to get us back in control of our destinies.
Solving 1 problem at a time in logical order will save us much time and money. Take for instance Traffic Congestion. It is to many corporations benefit that we are such single minded individuals.
agreed. we need alternatives to the established order
Simple solutions that make Corp's and Gov. irrelevant are the easiest path to solving some of our most daunting problems.
I am very much interested in contributing to the transportation sector with simple solutions. Traffic congestion can be resolved with Base 3 Mathematics.
Transporation is the keystone of society. In the US our distribution systems are the best in the world. People need to understand that passenger transport solutions are being kept from us.. We are their cash cows.
What gov or corp has ever had the desire to save people serious time, resources and wealth? none
Too bad there are too many Americans that have been indoctrinated into believing in consumption. You're absolutely right in your approach by the way. Awareness is something that has to be worked on though. What would people do for a day or a week if they couldn't shop for unnecessary items and rack up more debt to pay the villains. We still have many illusions to overcome before that stage. Keep posting though.
yup. Boycott them everyday. Close your accounts. Buy and sell local. Barter. Share. Protest during your bank transaction, tell them how you feel, nicely of course. Woohoo!