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Ah, yes, another day, another grandstanding protest led by self-proclaimed warriors of the working class, demanding justice by… refusing to buy a latte for 24 hours. That’ll show those evil billionaires! Nothing strikes fear into the hearts of global financial institutions quite like Karen and Chad skipping their Friday Target run.
Of course, these are the same enlightened souls who remained curiously silent for four years while inflation gutted middle-class savings, grocery bills skyrocketed, and the government printed money like it was Monopoly night at the Biden White House. But now—now—they’ve suddenly realized that big corporations and Washington elites might not have their best interests at heart. Stunning revelation, truly. Where was this righteous fury when the Biden administration and the Democratic-controlled Congress were shoveling trillions into the hands of the very billionaires they now claim to despise? Oh, that’s right—they were too busy virtue-signaling on social media while pretending their Tesla was saving the planet.
And let’s not overlook the timing. A “boycott” that just happens to align with protests against President Trump’s push to dismantle federal DEI initiatives? But, no, this isn’t political, they assure us. Just a happy little coincidence that the very same activists who spent years demonizing Trump and pushing for more government control are now posing as defenders of the free market. The hypocrisy would be hilarious if it weren’t so predictable.
But you know what? Maybe I’ll take their advice. I think I will stock up this Friday. Not to protest, mind you—just to make sure I’ve got what I need when this mob inevitably demands another trillion-dollar spending spree to “fix” the economy they helped wreck in the first place.
Well said Don B!
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Don B. your comment was like reading a novel masterpiece. The only way this so called boycott will work is if every protester never shops at Target or Walmart ever again. This is a waste of time.
What boycott?? They might as well go sit in the middle of a street or glue their hand to a wall in a museum… We Don’t Care!!
Voters get one input ballot chance per term and maybe a flailing protest here and there .. Oligarch’s have 24/7/365 every second input with their dollar ballots .
Everyday is blackout in my family. Mortgage, a 1 y/0, and $12 eggs, we don’t buy stuff anyways.
LOL. If you own a home and a 1 yo, you “buy stuff” daily
Where are you buying $12 eggs? Kroger has 12 large eggs for $6. At our local winter market I bought a dozen eggs for $4. That exaggeration invalidates everything else you said
Don B goes on a subjective (and nonsensical), political rant about how protesting should only be done during certain administrations, yet my comment was removed. Shame on you IBJ.
Also, wasn’t “America” was founded on economic protest. Condemning that is about as un-American as it comes.
Mike W., comments will get removed when they attack other readers instead of addressing the content of the article. IBJ expects civility in its comments section.
These boycotts are worthless all it does is push people to purchase things the day before or the day after. They’re still spending their money just on different days. If they really wanted to be effective they would pick a retailer and boycott them Nationwide and that might have a touch of an impact but probably not.
Only worthless if not sustained. There are countless examples of economic protests that have had substantial impact on company decision making, even recently.
Mike, name one that had an impact, and don’t tell me Bud Light Mic Ultra picked up that market share so I guess InBev really learned their lesson….
Chuck, I have to laugh at you that claim because Mich Ultra picked up the sales there was no “boycott”. Bud Light was a separate brand being marketed out of New York City alone. The remainder of the InBev product line was marketed out of St. Louis and Europe. Many people in the Bud Light debacle lost jobs. Sad but the logical result of a bone headed business decision. Amazingly that boycott worked amazingly well. (Yes, I am and was a long time Bud Light drinker not influenced by the boycott. I was able to buy case for about $8 at the height of the protest. I can assure you the protest worked for me and those like me.)