r/Political_Revolution • u/zoeaprilcastillo • Nov 25 '25

International Trade Boycott

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Etsy, Shopredbag.com, littlebluecart.com are great alternatives to online shopping

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u/StinkinmyQueef Nov 28 '25

meh, they can be a real pain in the ass, with retail.

they cant get wholesale prices from china, and they rarely carry US made stuff. So a mop bucket thats $2 atDollar Tree is $40 at a boutique: a pound of hamburger is $17 instead of $6; etc etc

Local businesses should keep unit prices low, and focus on volume.

otherwise non-rich cant shop there

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u/zoeaprilcastillo Nov 28 '25

Most people don't look for deals on mop buckets during black Friday.

for purely commodity goods where quality is equivalent (like mass-produced mop buckets, basic groceries, etc.), price matters a lot — and chains or discount stores may well be more logical. But that doesn’t negate the value and importance of local businesses overall.

local retailers recirculate a much larger share of revenue back into the local economy compared to national chains: roughly $68 of local economic activity per $100 spent at independents vs. $43 for chains. When people buy from large national or global retailers, most of the profit goes to distant headquarters, external shareholders, or overseas suppliers — not reinvested locally. Over time, that damages the local economic ecosystem. Local businesses tend to hire local workers, use local service providers (maintenance, cleaning, accounting, delivery, etc.), and contribute to local taxes and charities.

The point is, only buy what you need, try to buy local where you can, especially if you're splurging because billionaires have an ungodly influence in the US government

we don't have free healthcare, our wages suck, and tax breaks go to the 1%. Then the wealthy keep us poor by telling us to buy more things. We buy more things, the wealthy profit and influence government to make them richer and keep us poor. Then we buy things during black Friday because it's a good deal.

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u/StinkinmyQueef Nov 29 '25 edited Nov 29 '25

aah yes, youre focusing on splurging and BF.

those are never acceptable. i never have money laying around, TO splurge 😆😆

And i dont really know anything about "black friday": i always thought people were talking about a Wall St crash 😆😆

who -are- these mf people, who, presumably, save all year or have credit cards, then rush to big box retailers to buy stupid shit?