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Consumer activism is a waste of time and energy. Be mindful of BDS but the BuyEuropean movement is just a successful distraction of actual things you can do to resist Western Imperialism.
BDS is successful when workers and members force their workplace, associations and cities to boycott isntreal. Individually following BDS is a way to talk to people about the genocide and how interconnected our economies are.
With the US and EU you need slightly different tactics. Especially with tech it can be useful to look up who you’re buying from or what services you’re using and what their connection is with the genocide or surveillance industry (like amazon which is heavily implicated). This is partly for your own protection. Other than that, policy change must come from pressure through worker strikes and disruptive action.