The line can be fuzzy but a strike means you withhold your *labor* and a boycott means you withhold your *money* Strikes are carried out by *workers* and boycotts are carried out by *customers*
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Hence why all the people who said they were going to stop eating at Chick-Fil-A didn't come to much in the end They were already competing with a bunch of other fast food brands, they knew you were just one demo they were advertising to among many, it was a blip
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Customers as a class don't really have that much power, Marxism 101 is that power is wielded by *workers* and that "consumer power" is a lie Solidarity among customers is pretty damn rare
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Like the Montgomery Bus Line actually depended on a large working-class Black population that was their customer base In other circumstances they could've just been like "We're the racist bus company, that's our brand!"
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All the people going "Well then I'LL eat at Chick-Fil-A ALL THE TIME to own the libs"
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