• zephorah@lemm.ee
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    5 days ago

    People get upset when you say standing in a street with a sign won’t do anything, but standing in a street with a sign won’t do anything.

    These guys won’t even do town halls any more. They’re not going to pay attention to paper signs on sticks.

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      One person standing on the street obviously doesn’t matter much, but it’s about being the change you’d wish to see. Boycotts don’t really work either. Doesn’t mean you should buy a Tesla.

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          3 days ago

          Effectiveness of boycotts is measured by how much media coverage they get. Because the 1% dent in their sales is usually not enough to stop a successful business. The media coverage coverage used to be the main way this worked. There are probably some internet era examples too. I hope. I can’t think of any, but I assume.