‘No Amazon, no Walmart, no fast food’: What’s behind the ‘Feb. 28 economic blackout’

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1. Economic boycott Friday, February 28. Do not buy anything especially with Amazon, Walmart, McDonald’s and national retailers. One small way to show our disapproval of Trump, Musk and GOP.

2. Not enough people see this to make a difference

   But I’m with you

3. The past few weeks I’ve been using a food saver app called too good to go, it’s an app that lets you buy food that would otherwise get thrown away. I’ve been surviving solely on food from this app for the past week, and if you avoid Whole Foods, and help your local community members, you can help them benefit from unpurchased food that would otherwise be thrown away. Even if you don’t eat the food? You can donate it to someone you see in need. Shop local. Support small, help them first before making the ultimatum to go big

4. Okay
   I’m good

5. My shipping will be even faster thanks to this blackout.

6. I’ll make sure to order something from Amazon and maybe get some fast food on the way home. Thanks for the reminder!

7. Good luck with that. Now we wait for everyone to get done with their shopping tomorrow to tell us they didn’t go where they just returned from

8. No Starbucks!

9. Uhh….no. I always stop at the grocery on my way home on Fridays. Why would I wanna go to the grocery on a Saturday? Waste of the middle of my weekend.

10. Is there a full list of places to avoid?

11. Everyday, I blackout Amazon, Walmart, and fast food.

12. Hell to the no. This shit is why we lost in November, and it’s why we’ll get our asses beat even worse in 2026. Encourage your representatives and senators to come up with policies that help people. Encourage voter registration. Offer people a ride to the polls if they need it. That’s how you win elections, not with this bullshit.

    I was telling someone the other day I’m just about done with the Democratic Party, and it’s because of shit like this. I held my nose and voted for shit candidates in 2016, 2020, and 2024 just to avoid Trump. But I don’t have to worry about Trump anymore, he can’t run in 2028. If shit like this continues I’m voting third party going forward. And believe me so will many others. We had an incredible coalition during the Obama years, but it’s been hijacked and destroyed by nuts who start bull shit like this.

13. 1 day isn’t going to hurt these mammoth companies. Its like the equivalent of your job taking 5 cents from your paycheck to punish you. It won’t hurt them enough for them to care.

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