• ceenote@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    I feel like setting a day to not do capitalism is pointless. Everyone will just make up for it the following day.

    A general strike only earns a response if it goes on until it forces one.

    • Pregnenolone@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      All this disillusionment-posting about a one-day strike is reeking of pro-cap propaganda.

      Just fuckin do it. Then do more. Start now, and stop expecting perfection from the get go

  • saigot@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    My grocery day is saturday and the 28th is a Friday so easy? I don’t understand how a single day is meant to accomplish anything, most people don’t buy something every single day.

  • HotChickenFeet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    Our “show of strength” and willpower is not buying something on amazon for 1 day? And it’s easily confirmed online, that its a 1 day stunt?

    It wreaks of “I’m doing my part”, or the countless internet outcries against something that goes away the next day. People will just spike buy the days before or after.

    At a minimum it should be a plan for a week or two or four, where all you buy is the essentials (ie. food from the grocery or local farms ideally, pay your rent).

    • cancel your subscriptions
    • don’t eat out
    • buy only local food as much as possible
    • don’t buy shit, use what you’ve got, freecycle, etc.
    • plant a victory garden

    That said, what we’ve got is in motion, so join others doing the minimum on the 28th, and then just keep on.

    I think to really have impact though, a national strike is necessary, but difficult with folks living paycheck to paycheck. When advertiser expenses consistently result in 0 value clicks, when businesses have to shutter their doors, when food is going bad on the shelves because folks are willing to grow their own or buy local.