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And this right there is why it will fail
Originally posted by Kivi821
I don't think anyone will bother with this. As an Anonymous member myself I don't think I could do it because I use the bus on a daily basis to go to school. Many other members would agree with me. I HIGHLY DOUBT the president would care either.
Originally posted by AnonymousCitizen
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Doing this will likely result in unemployment, reduced credit, and probably a start on becoming homeless through the process of foreclosure.
More likely, this is just an early April Fool's Day joke.
Originally posted by Connman
Actually this is the dumbest thing I think I've ever heard.
Just don't do things life doesn't require like buying stuff you don't need other then stuff to survive don't spend a dime.
Don't pay your bills? Who are you supposed to effect doing that? Don't go to work? Who again will that effect?
For a month. Right
Anyone doing this which won't be me must not be living week to week like me.
I'm looking for a good job so go ahead stay home and I will have one.
This is NOT an April Fool's Day joke.
Originally posted by Hefficide
Awesome. Anon seems to have picked up on something some of us have been saying for years. That we vote with our wallets and our willing participation in society... not with ballots. That is the modern reality. Ballots are easily manipulated as it's common knowledge that it's not the votes - but who counts them - that matters.
But economics? Totally different story. It's the ballad of New Coke in practice. Coke changed their formula - whether we liked it or not, some years ago now. They started off by saying that old Coke was dead - and that was that.
People stopped buying Coke.
Coke then came out with Coke "Classic".
People only bought Coke Classic.
Now? Now new Coke is a bit of history that Coke works hard to try and erase.
People voted with their wallets and participation and got what they wanted.
The way to change the world is to get everyone to simply opt-out for a week or two. If the vast majority of people could be called upon to forsake their immediate concerns and simply refuse to play the game for just a few days? It would all change.
Sick of $4.00 a gallon gas? Imagine how quick it would go back to $2.00 if we all boycotted the product long enough for a board of directors to see several massive loss days in a row. They'd cave.
That applies to everything.
Folks argue and say that they cannot afford to do this. I counter, in the big picture, most of us cannot afford not to.
Originally posted by Kivi821
I don't think anyone will bother with this. As an Anonymous member myself I don't think I could do it because I use the bus on a daily basis to go to school. Many other members would agree with me. I HIGHLY DOUBT the president would care either.
Originally posted by Afterthought
reply to post by peaceful1oflove
I agree with the anti-consumerism message, but to have necessary personnel such as doctors and nurses staying home in protest? This could mess up a whole lot of stuff. It's a long enough wait to get important tests done and this would create a huge back log. I also wouldn't want to be the woman who goes into labor on this day and shows up at the hospital to learn that she's on her own.
edit on 18-3-2013 by Afterthought because: (no reason given)