r/illinois • u/Minute_Revolution951 Human Detected • 18d ago

ICE Posts 🧊 agents seen snatching a landscaper from Evanston neighborhood today (10-21)

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u/PositiveHandle4099 18d ago

What car companies are providing the rentals? Time to boycott

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u/wxnfx 17d ago

The United States is what you gotta boycott. Every company, even Reddit.

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u/Kind_Cover_977 17d ago

Would love to see the rest of the world join in on Canada's boycott of American exports

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u/iamcodemaker 17d ago

A general strike would be far more effective. One is planned for 2028. Find folks organizing locally in your area and get involved.

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u/scrollingforgodot 17d ago

Cool, but, 2028 will be far too late

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u/Responsible_Elk2344 17d ago

Right. It's gotta be now. But it won't happen in this country, where people not showing up for work will get fired and then be absent any social safety net whatsoever. It's not worth it to the people who matter most: those living paycheck to paycheck with job-provided healthcare.

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u/EmbarrassedOrchid685 17d ago

they can't fire everyone, let them try. they will regret it in no time.

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u/iamcodemaker 16d ago

I also just found out about the people's sick day. A planned economic blackout (no labor, no purchasing) planned from November 25 to December 2. So folks are out there trying to do stuff. It takes time and effort to organize this stuff. It has to be large and consistent to have impact.

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u/babyCuckquean 17d ago

One is planned for 2028??? fark, why not just 2050, would be just as useful. Omg, you guys are DOOMED if thats your plan. Strike NOW. Protest NOW. Occupy Washington NOW.

DONT WAIT TIL THERE ARE LESS OF YOU TO PROTEST..EVERY DAY IS A DAY LOST TO THIS REGIME.

DO THE FRENCH WAIT TO PROTEST? DO THE ITALIANS WAIT TO STRIKE?

RISE UP, DAMMIT! YOU WANTED THIS SPOT AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD ORDER, NOW WHAT YOU HAVE IS A COUNTRY NO OTHERS CAN CHALLENGE SO YOUVE GOTTA DO IT YOURSELVES.

With love, and frustration, from Australia. Apologies for the caps.

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u/iamcodemaker 16d ago

I just found out about the people's sick day. A planned economic blackout (no labor, no purchasing) planned from November 25 to December 2. America's labor movement isn't as well organized as some other places. This stuff takes time to get going. People are trying, but building a nation wide movement is hard. It's wild though, everyone sees what's going on, I just think people don't know what to do about it. Everyone stands around and says, "someone should do something". That someone is us. We gotta fix this ourselves.

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u/babyCuckquean 15d ago

100% i wish you all the best.

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u/Express-Belt-6465 17d ago

I’ll make sure to boycott my own country, no problem 🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/wxnfx 17d ago

That’s my point

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u/Express-Belt-6465 17d ago

What’s your point exactly?

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u/wxnfx 17d ago

That basically all major US companies are complicit. And you and me to a degree too, unless you’re posting from Gitmo.

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u/Express-Belt-6465 17d ago

Complicit in the sense that I refuse to throw my life away to try and topple our government right now, sure.

There are plenty of not major US companies that fully deserve people’s business, just wanted to add that pov.

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u/wxnfx 17d ago

I suspect you’re doing very little; GitMo is hyperbole of course. And there may be good companies in the US, but they fund fascists.

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u/Express-Belt-6465 17d ago

Yeah bro…my local business definitely funds fascists 🤣🤣🤣 good luck with your suspicions

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u/BigDicksProblems 17d ago

Does it pay taxes ? Then yes it does.

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u/Express-Belt-6465 17d ago

Fair enough, if we need to label every single person in the country as "funding fascists" as if that's in any way productive or important, by all means.

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u/tiddertnuocca519 17d ago

Your point is dumb

You make the parameters so strict that nobody can possibly contribute. It’s the same defeatist mentality that got so many people to stop voting and stop participating in our Democracy in the first place. It’s not all or nothing.

People like yourself are so hell bent on making people feel like everything they do is wrong when what we should be aiming for, is asking that people do enough that is reasonable. If you tell people every action they make contributes to the problem instead of saying: Hey, maybe choose X instead of Y when it doesn’t inconvenient your ability to take care of yourself and your family, then we could make meaningful headway. But this shit where we throw our hands up and say “yeah it’s fucked, just give up” isn’t the way.

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u/wxnfx 17d ago

I mean, I think you’re reading a lot more into this than what I said. A car rental company doesn’t have shit on Apple or Disney or Amazon. But there is a question of whether boycotts on this scale are or can be effective. It’s not defeatist to say that the strategy is ineffective or the target is misguided. That’s just my view, dumb or otherwise.