The ONLY way to "defeat" right wing establishments

[SoCalDem]

is to boycott their products/stores..whether officially or unofficially.


The right wing is a MINORITY of the country. Their ideas are stale, useless ideas that went out of fashion DECADES ago.

Look at just about ANY reliable poll.. there is always 25-30% who are against every good idea/policy.. These are the SAME people who were for impeaching Clinton, and who are pro mass-shooter...and who are against women's choice..and just about anything else that benefits ordinary folks...

Unfortunately they are bolstered by mega-moneyed people who know how malleable (and low-information) these folks are, and how impressed they are with free box lunches, fancy buses and how steadfast they are against anyone with a (D) next to their name (especially if the person is not white)..

These folks are a VOCAL minority that consistently proclaims itself to be a moral majority. Because they are loud & boisterous, (and they promote corporat-ocracy) media welcomes them with open arms.

MOST people are NOT paying attention, so it behooves all of us to "evangelize" about these awful corporate entities to people we meet who truly do not know better.

A careful approach, with just the basic info often works.

My whole family has been "selectively" shopping for decades....and all it takes is gentle persuasion.. My Daughter in law is a prime example.. In less than 5 years, she's gone from being a Bill OReilley/Bush/Cheney fan to now loving Rachel Maddow..and actively boycotting Walmart.

[Louisiana1976]

1. Excellent post. I'm voting with my pocketbook and boycotting Hobby Lobby.

[Populist_Prole]

2. And it's really so easy to do so for me

Since most of those establishments are purveyors of bland inferior quality food, or shitty stores. both of which I have no use for.

[genwah]

3. An economic boycott is a good way, sure, but not the only way. IMHO, and I do mean the H, is that

there needs to be something that scares TPTB more than doing nothing.

We got the New Deal because there was an active socialist/communist presence. MLK got to meet LBJ because there was a Brother Malcolm and the Panthers. We don't have anyone that scares the beneficiaries of the status quo, so yeah, we can bankrupt Hobby Lobby, and drive Rush to the little kids table of radio frequencies, but to win, we need to scare the establishment.