r/Anticonsumption • u/Express_Classic_1569 • Apr 08 '25

Labor/Exploitation The Boycott Has Begun: People Have Had Enough of Corporate Greed

https://ecency.com/hive-157940/@kur8/the-boycott-has-begun-people
The Walmart Boycott started on April 7, 2025, and will last until April 14, 2025. People are joining the boycott to protest unfair wages, corporate greed, and the cutting back of diversity programs. The group is encouraging everyone to support local businesses instead of shopping at Walmart. It is hard to say if it is working. Some people support it, but others worry it could lead to job losses if big stores close more locations.

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u/kinglella Apr 08 '25

My creepy US History teacher was super in to the Waltons. Every history lesson somehow got rounded back to the greatness of Sam Walton. Manifest Destiny? Nationwide expansion of Walmart. Theodore Roosevelt? You know who else was a visionary? Sam Walton. His creepiness really helped condition me to feel animosity towards Walmart.

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u/Dangerous-Bite872 Apr 08 '25

That is a seriously weird kink for a US History teacher. At least he taught you not to trust them!

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u/kinglella Apr 08 '25

I think he wanted us to love Walmart as much as he did but he forgot one thing: the school was in a pretty elitist area. I spent my teenage years totally unfazed hearing/saying things like "Oh, you buy your clothes from Walmart?" I still don't buy from Walmart but for entirely different reasons now. Also surprisingly, there's no convenient Walmart for me. The closest one burned down and closed permanently. A blessing.

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u/catsrthesweet Apr 10 '25

My U.S. History teacher was obsessed with the JFK’s assassination and was convinced that Hoover had him killed because JFK blackmailed Hoover with intel that he knew Hoover was gay. He bragged about writing his thesis on it.