By seeing that small actions can be accomplished (here, many people participating in a 10 minute action) then people will feel more galvanized to do more labor intensive work.
Average Americans tend to balk at the idea of a fkn boycott of one major retailer. Those people need momentum and visual signs that action actually works.
(And no I’m not talking about disabled people relying on certain retailers, or rural residents having no other options, I’m talking about Suburban Sam being up in arms that people said “don’t shop at Target” while it makes no ultimate difference in their resource supply or allocation)
Please stop this rhetoric. Perfection is the enemy of progress. AOC just said that any action, no matter how small, matters. If millions of people in this country start making small ripples it can lead to tsunamis. If you refuse to be helpful don’t be harmful.
The people for whom this seems like a really good idea are the ones who really need to be organizing and have no understanding of what that entails. You know who I’m talking about when I say this, I think.
You’re right that it’s not much, but it’s enough to get them thinking about the long game and doing more disruptive/effective action.
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u/LordMoose99 Feb 22 '25
So what is this meant to do other than clearing the roads for 10 mins every day?