Every Penny We Spend Adds Up. Make It Count for You!

Jan 31
2 min read

SUSTAINED ECONOMIC PROTEST is an underutilized tool the People have as a weapon today. Check this out!

From Scott Galloway's newsletter:

“If consumers cut back on cosmetics, reducing L’Oréal’s revenue by 2%, it’s not going to make a difference.

If OpenAI’s revenue falls by 2%, it will. America’s economy is one giant bet on AI, with seven tech companies representing more than a third of the S&P 500.

That means the best way to ignite positive change, without hurting consumers, is to carry out an economic strike the tech CEOs can’t ignore.

Unsubscribing to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude are among the first steps.

Although only 5% of ChatGPT’s more than 800 million users last year paid for a subscription, a pullback would sting. If enough people cut spending on AI, it could spill over to other companies, including Nvidia and Microsoft.

You could also unsubscribe from a range of other tech offerings — Amazon, Apple, Disney, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, and Uber — and hold off on buying your next iPhone or Mac.

While tech and AI are the main focus, the strike could expand to target companies enabling ICE, including AT&T, Dell, and Fedex, which have contracts with the agency. (See all the options on the Resist and Unsubscribe website.)

Then document your decisions on Instagram — we’d target this platform, too, but we need some way to spread the message nationwide.

Talk to your friends and outline what you’re not buying, adding cancelation screenshots and unsubscribe selfies.”

The bottom line is, every penny we spend enables those we patronize. Don't be exploited as much as you can avoid it. We, consumers, shape the capitalist world. We'd be wise to wield that power as one.

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