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/ReadWriteTheorize Feb 17 '25

Boycotting is good if you can but Walmart and a lot of major chains are often the only suppliers of basic goods to a lot of areas (because they’ve priced out their small competitors but still).

And also, that doesn’t make the indie bakers less classist in saying that you don’t deserve a heart shaped cake for valentines unless you can pay $100 for one (literally 13 hours of minimum wage work).

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u/This_Price_1783 Feb 17 '25

30-40% of food is wasted, through oversupply in major chains or through people not using it and throwing it out. Imagine a type of boycott where you just buy what you need, and use the food you have. Like make soup or whatever from your leftovers, do your best to use the food in your fridge rather than buy more. Avoid processed foods etc. If everyone did that, then they would be in a financially better position and they would have more money to spend on things like indie baked goods.