How do you get people who can’t see themselves boycotting indefinitely? You get them used to it by getting them on board to boycott for a fixed length of time. Ideally, as they warm up to the idea, you get them to boycott for longer.
True, but 7 days isn’t enough time for that. I’ve gone weeks between purchasing the kinds of things Amazon delivers, so it’d just be normal. 2+ months is probably better. Especially if those months are Nov & Dec.
Yeah but it lets people feel like they’ve boycotted. Which isn’t coddling/faux activism so much as it is starter-activism.
We don’t want activism to seem hard… even though we know that effective activism pretty much requires meaningful changes to behaviour which often brings discomfort.
People are really out of practice and our goal is getting people into the habit
I think it will more have the effect of “I did a boycott now I don’t have to do anything” and people like this will then get to feel good about doing absolutely nothing.
I really don’t hold out hope anymore when I see shit like this, people aren’t going to do anything unless they become VERY UNCOMFORTABLE and VERY SUDDENLY. Posts like this depress the fuck out of me.
How do you get people who can’t see themselves boycotting indefinitely? You get them used to it by getting them on board to boycott for a fixed length of time. Ideally, as they warm up to the idea, you get them to boycott for longer.
True, but 7 days isn’t enough time for that. I’ve gone weeks between purchasing the kinds of things Amazon delivers, so it’d just be normal. 2+ months is probably better. Especially if those months are Nov & Dec.
Some people can’t even handle a 1-day boycott. I think you’re overestimating the average person’s tolerance for discomfort.
I don’t even understand what people buy so often. I can easily go a month without buying a new physical item that’s not like, food
Yeah but it lets people feel like they’ve boycotted. Which isn’t coddling/faux activism so much as it is starter-activism. We don’t want activism to seem hard… even though we know that effective activism pretty much requires meaningful changes to behaviour which often brings discomfort. People are really out of practice and our goal is getting people into the habit
I think it will more have the effect of “I did a boycott now I don’t have to do anything” and people like this will then get to feel good about doing absolutely nothing.
I really don’t hold out hope anymore when I see shit like this, people aren’t going to do anything unless they become VERY UNCOMFORTABLE and VERY SUDDENLY. Posts like this depress the fuck out of me.