• Tachanka [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    5 months ago

    Direct action is largely toothless

    What

    Iirc somebody lit themselves on fire to protest climate change and it was barely reported on.

    That’s a public display of total despair, not direct action against the responsible group.

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      5 months ago

      I think that in large part direct action has become less effective as corporations have learned how to deal with them. And the way they deal with them is by ignoring the problem until people forget about it.

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          5 months ago

          I dont know is the problem. For example I’m boycotting Nestle and i have been for years at this point. They’re the worst they dont think water is a human right etc. I tell everyone about it it when it comes up. But at the end of the day i dont think its doing anything to Nestle.

          I support protesting however you can i guess, but I’m also very pessimistic about odds of success

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            5 months ago

            Well if your only form of action is consumer activism I’m not surprised you’re pessimistic. That’s literally never worked ever.

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              5 months ago

              I disagree boycotts are absolutely effective. Montgomery bus boycott. Even the starbucks boycott going on right now. If you hurt a companys source of income they tend to act pretty quickly.and it doesnt just apply to consumerism it applys to celebrities and politicians through cancelling and or not voting.

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                5 months ago

                I didn’t say boycotts are worthless.

                I said if your only form of action is a boycott its never going to work. Every effective boycott was accompanied by mass demonstration, public agitation, and organizing. Sometimes vandalism and even violence.