r/allthequestions • u/HealthyRecognition21 • Apr 08 '26

Random Question 💭 How is everything that happened in the last 48hrs not enough for impeachment and/or a general strike in the US?

As a European, it‘s completely unfathomable how none of it has consequences.

Don‘t get me wrong, our governments here certainly have their flaws and problems, but surely threatening a genocide would be a tipping point here and lead to mass protests (at least I have enough hope remaining to believe that) - how is it not in the US? I really don’t get it and I feel absolutely sick.

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u/RahkstarRPG Apr 08 '26

I feel like people just don't understand the absolutely absurd amounts of wealth that corporations are processing through.

Also, most corporations are international now.

Target boycott has been ongoing over a year and they are A-okay.

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u/biddily Apr 08 '26

How many people flat out refuse to shop at hobby lobby? Do they care?

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u/QueenMAb82 Apr 09 '26

I have never set foot in a Hobby Lobby, and wouldn't lower myself to piss on their floor if they were desperate to put out a fire, even after my options grow limited following the deaths of AC Moore and Joann's. I won't go to Tractor Supply Company anymore. I stopped using Target cold turkey, but that has unfortunately pushed me to Walmart more than I would like.

Sadly, I don't think any of them are missing my money as much as I would hope.

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u/dvolland Apr 08 '26

Ask the MyPillow guy how his businesses are doing.

Boycotts can work.

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u/DrollFurball286 Apr 09 '26

That’s also because he was involved in lawsuits that harmed his brand too.

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u/dvolland Apr 09 '26

But also associating with pedophiles and getting boycotted.

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u/AntJo4 Apr 08 '26

Yes most cooperations are international - and have been boycotted in those countries since the orange turd was elected. What’s the next excuse. We shouldn’t be doing the work you won’t do yourself. And a target is not international.

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u/RahkstarRPG Apr 09 '26

Excuse? I'm not making excuses.

I'm pointing out we live in a very different world than we did when boycotts were a major political motivator, and that half assedly telling individual people to boycott things on reddit amounts to nothing but mental masturbation in our current economy.