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The community dedicated to boycotting the US until they stop fascism, restore full democracy and start following international law.
Americans have a moral obligation to resist Donald Trump and project 2025 at every turn.
America is a flawed democracy currently being ruled by oligarchs. Stop the backslide! Dont let America become the next Hungary.
America needs to challenge the court rulings of citizens united v. fec and shelby county v. holder, protect the media, implement independent district drawing, and the single transferable vote so they don't end up having people stay home in life-changing elections because they cannot vote for their favourite candidate.
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I mean. I just stopped using it. The same as I did with Facebook and Twitter. Boycotting is boycotting. Either one stands on their principles and backs up their beliefs and standards, or they just like saying they do because it makes them look good.
It’s not supposed to be convenient. It’s supposed to be effective. If you use their platform, you support their practices. Period. That’s how it is.
I can’t say how many times I suggested people stop using that shit in comments on posts where people do nothing but whine about how fucking abysmally shitty YouTube is. And when I do- I get;
“But where else can I go to see muh vidyos?!”
Nowhere.
These people need to be introduced to the hard truth and reality of what boycotting really means. Or they need to get off the pot.
This right here.
I'm doing "elbows up". No money I have knowingly flows to an American company or individual. Period. And I do my due diligence: I try to find the goods that are American but branded locally.
Is it inconvenient? Fuck yes! But you know what's more inconvenient? Funding the economy of the nation that is actively attacking mine.
And another fantastic point! Absolutely well said my friend!
And I’ll add-
Not enough people walk the walk at all anymore. If the endorphins are received, and the clout is favorable enough, all it takes are words, because words are all someone needs nowadays to convince others. All that’s required is to just shout into the void that you hate a thing. Then, just Hoover up the validation of your peers, and you’re free to then continue consuming said thing.
When people grow some balls and lean what strength of conviction is, things will change. But right now, Toutube knows they own these clowns and they don’t have the balls to walk away.
I think you need some education on the matter since a "boycott" by individuals is not putting any real pressure on anyone without the numbers and a plan behind it. That is just the truth. That you don't like it changes nothing.
I highly doubt you are boycotting every single evil corp out there so just like so many you draw the line at your own feet for no reason
Its more important to you to tell everyone how pure YOU are and how stupid they are instead of putting any real effort behind your "boycotting"
I get that its very frustrating watching people throwing money at all these horrible people but the reality is that those horrible people prefere us being mad at each other and you are doing their bidding by playing this game.
We really need to be more pragmatic about this. You can shop at amazon and at the same time support every single regulation against them. We don't have a youtube or amazon problem we have a structural problem and this doesn't go away no matter how much you don't use either of them.
You don’t know shit about me kid. But I know you like to make a lot of assumptions.
Ask Kentucky bourbon manufacturers how the Canadian boycott of their product is going. Or ask California wineries. Or ask pretty much every major tourist site in the USA how pissing off Canadians has worked out for them. Or ... well, the list is long. I'll let you look it up.
It is the concerted action of millions of individuals drawing a line in the sand that kills these fuckers.
Those examples proof my point though? It was a WHOLE COUNTRY organizing a boycott where even the industry is in in it with a specific goal and easily available alternatives with very little discomfort. Its not all american products either.
So you have a big enough number of people all at once who are pissed of enough that they are willing to join and i remind you not because they morally object what the US does to other peoole but because they threatened war and imposed tarifs hurting them directly a lot very fast. I also highly doubt that this boycott started by canadians shaming each other into boycotting.
Single individuals not using a product and the "organizing" being limited by just telling others they are not living by their principles by using it lacks any real world impact. And i am not even disagreeing that we should consume as ethically as possible i am saying looking at it from a pragmatic point of view that just shaming people is doing nothing objectivly.
For a real world example where moral "boycotting" worked was the Dunnes Store Strike but again it wasn't people shaming others into not buying south african goods it was a whole organisation (the union) directing their workers to not handle it and the punishment of the workers got others to join and put pressure on the governtment to finally stop importing goods from south africa. Without a strong union support and focus on a direct goal this wouldn't have worked at all.
We should talk about real life examples that worked and what they had in common and from there organize stragetic boycotts where there is a goid chance of winning not picking things we personally don't need or want to use and pretending we are morally superior to others who have on principle the same goals we do.