Us boycotting products in stores is more of a consumer protest done to signal our distaste towards our former allies. I don’t think any of us are kidding ourselves into thinking that boycotting Burger King or M&M’s is gonna make a change in the American economy. But it is a visible protest done to showcase how we feel and that is why we do it.
Where the individual can affect America is to delete themselves from American platforms and stop using American tech all together.
On a nation level, our leaders have to (and are in the process of) look into replacing American military equipment and American tech. Many of our systems are entirely based on Microsoft today and we must find alternatives and we must reject all American tech moving forward.
But that shit takes a very long time and it is very expensive and complicated.
It is similar to when Russia invaded Ukraine. Back then, there was also talk about boycotting Russian products in stores, but we all knew, that it was the gas we needed to boycot and that was and still is a long, slow and expensive process.
Russia and America feel confident in their current behavior because so many of us have become so dependent on their gas/tech that all Russia has to do to hurt us is turn off the gas and all America has to do is to shut down Microsoft and turn off our military gear with a press of a button.
When we have freed ourselves of both of them and have found ways to sustain ourselves, we will stand on more equal footing with them.
We made the big mistake of thinking that America and Russia had learned the same lesson from WW2 that we did. They didn’t. Of course they didn’t. It wasn’t them who had bombs and guns raining down their backyards. It wasn’t them who felt the loss of life up close, witnessed atrocities or had to carry the guilt of them for decades afterward.
WW2 to them is like a computer game. A fun little anecdote where they declare themselves the badasses - especially the Americans. They have absolutely no idea what WW2 was. It was just an action film to them there they get to cast themselves as heroes.
It’s one of the reasons why I always preferred German and Eastern European War movies. They have always kept that shit real.
Good on ya, mate! This should terrify corporate America. We aren’t “the only game in town,” anymore. It’s high time we learned some damn manners.
Us boycotting products in stores is more of a consumer protest done to signal our distaste towards our former allies. I don’t think any of us are kidding ourselves into thinking that boycotting Burger King or M&M’s is gonna make a change in the American economy. But it is a visible protest done to showcase how we feel and that is why we do it.
Where the individual can affect America is to delete themselves from American platforms and stop using American tech all together.
On a nation level, our leaders have to (and are in the process of) look into replacing American military equipment and American tech. Many of our systems are entirely based on Microsoft today and we must find alternatives and we must reject all American tech moving forward.
But that shit takes a very long time and it is very expensive and complicated.
It is similar to when Russia invaded Ukraine. Back then, there was also talk about boycotting Russian products in stores, but we all knew, that it was the gas we needed to boycot and that was and still is a long, slow and expensive process.
Russia and America feel confident in their current behavior because so many of us have become so dependent on their gas/tech that all Russia has to do to hurt us is turn off the gas and all America has to do is to shut down Microsoft and turn off our military gear with a press of a button.
When we have freed ourselves of both of them and have found ways to sustain ourselves, we will stand on more equal footing with them.
We made the big mistake of thinking that America and Russia had learned the same lesson from WW2 that we did. They didn’t. Of course they didn’t. It wasn’t them who had bombs and guns raining down their backyards. It wasn’t them who felt the loss of life up close, witnessed atrocities or had to carry the guilt of them for decades afterward.
WW2 to them is like a computer game. A fun little anecdote where they declare themselves the badasses - especially the Americans. They have absolutely no idea what WW2 was. It was just an action film to them there they get to cast themselves as heroes.
It’s one of the reasons why I always preferred German and Eastern European War movies. They have always kept that shit real.