r/Anticonsumption • u/cacxte • Feb 16 '25

Discussion What’s the point in Boycotting?

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It seems like everyone forgot about standing against major corporations that eliminate DEl and supporting small businesses-only to turn around and go back a few days later for something like cheaper cake. What's the point of starting a movement if everyone abandons it so quickly?

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u/annazabeth Feb 16 '25

putting my tin foil hat on for this to say this is a fabricated trend by walmart

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u/honorablenarwhal Feb 16 '25

I agree. They're apparently getting a lot of exposure over this. Although I have to say I agree with the statements about fondant sucking 

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u/Vivillon-Researcher Feb 16 '25

The only good fondant I've ever had was marshmallow fondant. THAT is an acceptable cake covering.

(Made it myself years ago from some recipe I googled.)

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u/NunyahBiznez Feb 17 '25

Marshmallow fondant is the bomb!

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u/GreenGrapes42 Feb 17 '25

On this note, why don't more bakeries use it?? Why's it always that chemical ass bullshit fondant?

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u/IAmASeeker Feb 17 '25

The chemical ass bullshit comes in a huge bucket for $0.12 a gallon.

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u/GreenGrapes42 Feb 17 '25

:(

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u/Vivillon-Researcher Feb 18 '25

It's so gross, of course it's cheap as hell lol

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u/Ready_Associate3790 Feb 16 '25

Wal-Mart the same company who talks and talks about how bad unions are in their training videos, it's not even far fetched

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u/TheBladeguardVeteran Feb 16 '25

Definitely some r/hailcorporate shit going on

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u/SpacemanJB88 Feb 16 '25

For sure.

In 2025, this is how the guerrilla marketing strategy looks like within influencer marketing context.

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u/ilanallama85 Feb 16 '25

If not out and out fabricated, you know they’ve got their social media teams working overtime boosting this shit however they can.

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u/pottymouthteach07 Feb 16 '25

Yep like the bag thing that happened a few weeks ago.

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u/AdhesiveMadMan Feb 16 '25

And if it isn't, now they have anoyher marketing tactic. This is some 4D chess levels of marionetting: Let the good press hype itself up, then maybe pay some bigger influencers to promote that with the tiniest indicator of it being sponsored. Tiny enough to be both legal and invisible to 99% of the population.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '25

You're telling me that small-town baker with the link to Walmart©️ in their comment that promotes Walmart©️ IS a psyop? Huh.

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u/morganbugg Feb 16 '25

Damn, my hat didn’t even come out. I’m slipping. Makes total sense.

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u/okram2k Feb 17 '25

it screams of pro corporate propaganda

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u/Elden_Rube Feb 17 '25

The moment I flipped through the images posted, I knew it exactly to be influencer marketing by Walmart. Propaganda all day long and we have a top comment on this post, along with a bunch of other people coming to bat to defend Walmart.

Am I in the right sub?

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u/Absolute-Nobody0079 Feb 16 '25

This is America. It had too many real life tin foil hat moments.

And people still believe a major disruption is bad?!

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u/emptypencil70 Feb 17 '25

weird conspiracy theorist