Protesting with a sign and snarky message doesn’t do much. Everyone agreeing to do one simple (non violent) thing would work much better. It has to be just one thing though. The “don’t buy anything” day is ineffective and confusing.

“No kings” day should be more like “No Kings & uninstall Twitter/X” day. At rallies, people could give advice on how to delete their accounts on that platform.

Then at the next rally, it’s cancel Amazon Prime.

Snarky signs still welcome of course.

  • Blakemavrix@lemmus.orgEnglish
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    4 days ago

    I considered going to a No Kings protest with a sign that reads ‘China is not my king’ and see how many people get it vs get pissed with me.

    All joking aside, the only effective protest is one where you change your habits. I’ve deleted my Facebook, cancelled YouTube Premium, when my debit cards update I take audit of what I really want to start subbed to, I’ve replaced Google Photos with Immich, and I’m about to go to farmers markets instead of the big box stores for my grocery shopping.

    Some of these are big pivots, others are simply mind over matter. Like, I plan on keeping Reddit until it asks for my ID, so I default to it before I scroll through here. I have Peertube installed but I still get onto YouTube until they ask for my ID. I’m as ready for not being able to access certain platforms as I can be, and I plan on keeping going as long as my ability to stay as anonymous as I want to is threatened.