miraclerandy@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 7 days agoEconomic blackout day planned in Minnesota to protest ICE surgewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up1526arrow-down12
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minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·7 days agoI’ll purchase nothing on Friday in solidarity. I wasn’t going to anyway, in fact I do all of my weekly shopping on Sunday morning. But, still. (Do some people really find it any sort of hardship to not buy something one day a week?)
minus-squareSc00ter@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 days agoYes. My wife is one of those people. I come home to packages on the porch every single day. Consumerism with excessive connectivity can lead to excessive spending
minus-squareminorkeys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 days agoLove it when helping involves zero sacrifices.
minus-squareGaja0@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 days agoNo, but businesses notice when line go down. Panic ensues when the public realizes hyper-consumerism is optional.
I’ll purchase nothing on Friday in solidarity.
I wasn’t going to anyway, in fact I do all of my weekly shopping on Sunday morning. But, still.
(Do some people really find it any sort of hardship to not buy something one day a week?)
Yes. My wife is one of those people. I come home to packages on the porch every single day. Consumerism with excessive connectivity can lead to excessive spending
Love it when helping involves zero sacrifices.
No, but businesses notice when line go down. Panic ensues when the public realizes hyper-consumerism is optional.