I think the blackouts and the Amazon and Walmart ones will be easy enough. The Nestle and General Mills for a week will be harder to do. Plus, if I boycott a company for a week but then buy the things the following week, does it really hurt them?
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Is the thread at the other place the Small daily acts of resistance thread, or a different one? I keep searching but then getting distracted (so mostly my fault 
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LOL, I was thinking of small daily acts of resistance but that is not actually the one from @lhamo ! Here is the resistance one:
And here is lhamo’s: https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/throw-down-the-gauntlet/3-5-isn’t-just-a-solid-swr-it-might-just-save-democracy-in-the-us/msg3339980/#msg3339980
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Perfect, thanks so much!
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I think the point is that if you have shown that you can live without them for a day, can you extend it, or continue at a substantially lessened pace.
And also, that if it is a noticeable volume drop on one day that it shows the degree of spread of the sentiment.
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Good to know, I was always curious about that too. I don’t have any plans to visit Wal-Mart and used up the last of my Amazon credit for birthday gift for sibling so those should be easy enough, but the total no-buy on the 28th may be difficult since that’s a friend’s b’day and dinner is already planned. Have to see if anyone has thoughts on that (“Just host something” isn’t an option given the headcount)
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I just wouldn’t do anything except the already planned dinner. As in any non-birthday spending gets skipped.
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Can you go to a small/local/not chain place? I feel like giving a place like that your money is a good option if you can’t avoid spending money.
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it makes me think of the old time Catholic practice of selling indulgences, or things you’d be given to do after Confession. eg
- be very intentional about the place you’re purchasing from
- commit to a conversation with friends to get wider buy-in about upcoming activities
- make a donation of the amount you spent (or x2) to an appropriate spot
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another idea - use the gathering as an opportunity to advocate for moving group communications to a more secure venue (eg off of whatapp or fb messanger or google)
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Yeah, we are doing an 8 hour drive on the 28th so even if we bring our own snacks we’ll need to stop for gas at least once.
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This is how to be an effective bystander:
Gives details on how to make a plan on how to protect yourself and the person being harassed if you witness an incident instead of being deer-in-headlights.
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We had a national boycott of one of our grocery chains last May. Breaking the habits has had a carry on effect to the chain even with the fact that obviously only a percent boycotted?
Nestle is near impossible to sustain a boycott long term. I wonder if they have been major donors?
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I’ve been thinking about this, too, and I think it’s a similar idea to “secondhand first”. Like, maybe you can’t thrift everything (in person or online)…but can’t hurt to look. I’ve found tops and dresses (and even shoes!) easier to thrift on ThredUp than pants/jeans. We love our thrifted coffee table and dishes, but have not had luck with chairs. And so on.
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In case you’re bored this week:
Need a fill able form to help request the freedom of information act related to you and DOGE? DOGE Privacy Act Requests - Jamie Raskin for Congress
I’m a civil servant and can confirm these FOIA requests can really drive a department off course of mission, and that’s with just a few FOIA requests. Can’t imagine what would happen if millions of them showed up with a strict timeline for turnaround and forced DOGE to spend all their time disclosing what information they stole.
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