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OrlandoDem2

(3,156 posts)
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 08:11 PM Wednesday

We must stop spending money! We also need to take to the streets!

When we spend money we are usually paying tax (unless at a thrift store or garage sale, etc).

Consumer spending holds up the economy.

Holding back from spending is a form of protest whereby we express our extreme dissatisfaction. And holding back from spending money (on wants, not needs) will hurt the economy and turn the people against the administration.

It’s also time for another No Kings protest where we break the precious record for attendance. We must bring this tyrannical regime to its knees!

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yaesu

(9,001 posts)
2. We need to be smart and take to the streets where the uber rich live, the gated neighborhoods, the economic royalists
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 08:32 PM
Wednesday

they are funding fascism, without their money fascists would dry up and blow away. We need to make life as miserable as possible for them and their businesses.

BigmanPigman

(54,574 posts)
4. We have done the mass protests, next step is nationwide boycotts.
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 12:34 AM
Yesterday

We need it to be a unifying boycott since it has to be successful. No small boycotts like the one that worked for Jimmy Kimmel but one that the majority of American can support with passion and defiance.

PeaceWave

(2,675 posts)
5. Yeah, let's tank the economy and create unemployment. That makes sense...
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 12:56 AM
Yesterday


Real change is going to come at the polling booths.
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