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We Used to Fight Inflation With Boycotts (jacobin.com)

submitted 5 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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In 1973, hundreds of thousands of women took to the street to protest dramatic increases in the cost of meat. Grocery prices are growing at a much faster rate than they were 50 years ago. Why don’t we do the same?

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 32 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Been saying it forever...

Strikes where we stop working isn't effective as it used to be, because labor is cheap and keeps getting cheaper with automation.

But a company can't make money, which means investors can't make money. If people stop buying.

Cut it down to bare minimum essentials and buy the cheapest most ethical options you can.

We don't need a general strike. We need to flip the monopoly board by opting opt of capitalism. With their focus on short term profits, it won't take long for the wealthy to cave.

And anyone that thinks the wealthy haven't been running out country for decades, must have been living in a cave

[–] SoupBrick@yiffit.net 4 points 5 months ago

How about both?

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