Economy Boycott Strategy 2025

[Bob Sagat]

Foreign businesses - allied foreign countries aren't the ones threatening to invade and annex Canada, so buying Korean, buying Canadian, buying Mexican, buying Japanese all has more appeal than buying American

 

[Rob Battisti]

Foreign businesses - allied foreign countries aren't the ones threatening to invade and annex Canada, so buying Korean, buying Canadian, buying Mexican, buying Japanese all has more appeal than buying American

 

[Oliver Clothesoff]

For people not happy with this right wing power grab, even the midterms seem far away and protesting especially in blue states seems like preaching to the choir - but boycotting the companies complicit in this can be a direct action towards making this untenable for the oligarchs

I'm aiming to reduce my spending in general, then with the spending I do having the following priorities:

1. Local small businesses - they're not the ones donating millions to politicians, they're locals working to get by, so that's a better way to spend
2. Foreign businesses - allied foreign countries aren't the ones threatening to invade and annex Canada, so buying Korean, buying Canadian, buying Mexican, buying Japanese all has more appeal than buying American
3. American medium/large businesses without overt political involvement - like if I shop at a chain grocery store, yes it's a big business but they're not making waves politically
4. American megacorps and overtly involved companies - Tesla, Amazon, Paypal, etc - their owners have overtly used their wealth and power to towards putting and keeping Trump/Edolf in charge, avoid like the plague

Also, immigrant small businesses deserve extra attention - like thankfully in California we have lots of real Mexican restaurants and markets, definitely happy to take more of my business there. The Trump admin's definitely making things scarier and more difficult for them with these ICE raids so I'm definitely glad to take my money to the businesses they're running

How are you redirecting your spending in light of 2025 politics?

Still trying to cancel shit? Lol. All you’re doing is canceling yourselves. With all the Dem corruption being exposed by DOGE you guys will be lucky if the Republicans don’t get a super majority at the mids.

 

[DragRacer]

Boycott any establishment that doesn’t take cash while you’re at it. That’s something we can all get behind regardless of political affiliation because once the government gets us to full cashless, the doomsday clock accelerates rapidly.

 

[gentel]

Boycott any establishment that doesn’t take cash while you’re at it. That’s something we can all get behind regardless of political affiliation because once the government gets us to full cashless, the doomsday clock accelerates rapidly.

Kinda true - without cash you're at the mercy of what online transactions the government and/or private banks think are okay, and that's not just drugs and weapons, they literally refuse to process transactions for porn, which isn't illegal

 

[gentel]

Canadians taking this stuff seriously