• mathemachristian[he]@lemmy.ml
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    4 days ago

    Well I guess you can’t undermine a protest that isn’t protesting anything but that still doesn’t explain what the point of this non-protest protest is? How would a bunch of people not buying stuff for a day keep “the powers that be” (who? the capitalists? Their politicians? The police?) on their toes?

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      “We saw a blip in <sale/metric/police safety> and we think it correlates with the general unhappiness of the populace, as displayed here, here, and maybe here.”

      Blips can cause panic, even small ones

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        Is it supposed to hit profit margins? Because I doubt it will, people will still be buying necessities at the same amount and call me cynical, but I believe almost everyone will be buying the non-necessities the days before and after.

        To be candid, it just sounds like the most toothless, do-nothing, slacktivism kind of protest that’s only meant to generate backpats

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          it could turn violent and do real damage to capital, that’s the beauty of an unfocused protest – the night is ever young