cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/7968927

Maybe December? So we all take money out of banks, at least current month salary, and spend cash only. I think that is something that shouldn’t be hard to do and it would show if we, the people, have any power left to make positive changes for the future or we can just surrender and eat bugs.

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If I’m trading my only true value, my time, then I want to have 100% control over it, not to depend if some bank would freeze my account and I lost 1/3 of my life irreversible.

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    Quite the framing you got there, sweetheart!

    I don’t feel like it in December, how about March or April, “or we can just surrender and eat bugs.”

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      So you they think that voting makes difference? (sorry if I mispronounce you, unintentional, please do not report)

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        Not everyone has the financial stability to withdraw their entire monthly salary from the bank.
        You do not provide a clear explanation of how this action will lead to positive changes.

        The use of ultimatums and hyperbole is unhelpful and short-sighted.

        We have been here before, the federal reserve will bail them out with our taxes, we can’t achieve progress with regressive tactics.

        https://www.wsj.com/articles/fed-to-inject-1-5-trillion-in-bid-to-prevent-unusual-disruptions-in-markets-11584033537

        Edited:
        Crossed the misleading part thanks to davel, Modern monetary theory (Macro Economics) does say that our taxes are not used for government spending nor bonds either.

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          Withdrawing is suggestion, do what you can do, it is only awareness month, no obligations, nobody will look what you are doing with your money. It is awareness that you should value your time and not let anyone denies you what you earn and how to spend it. Money is directly related to your time you invested to earn that money. As any awareness, it is related to personal growth and awareness of life in general. We still don’t actually know if “Vegan Month” will be beneficial in long run, it is only assumption. But awareness and raise of consciousness should bring positive results in long run. Also, if we don’t know, we can find out if we try, if we just speculate, we will never know.

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    I’ve only really seemed it advocated for by people who run businesses or “side hustles” they don’t want to pay taxes for.

    Seems like a paranoid boomer thing. I don’t think it would really send a message to anyone.

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    1 year ago

    You keep saying, on your many crosspostings of this awareness campaign, that “we” don’t know this or that, but many of us Marxists on Lemmygrad do know.

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    First where Question? Second They would make a law so you have to keep your money on your Bank account if enough people withdraw their money.