Thanks for posting! Here’s a transcript of both parts:
It only takes one spark to light a fire, but here are 10 sparks that terrify the 1% because they actually work
- Ditch your bank for a local credit union. Banks exist to make profits for their shareholders. Local credit unions do not. They are non-profit. They have lower rates and lower fees, too.
- Join your local mutual aid network, or start one if there isn’t one where you live. Real change starts with neighbors, plus building your local network is gonna be crucial over these next few years.
- Use your library like it’s a second home. It’s a building full of literally free resources that they want us to pay for elsewhere, plus librarians are low key revolutionaries, talk to them.
- If applicable, join your local tenants’ union. Nothing scares landlords more than organized renters. When we know our rights and stand together, the power dynamic shifts fast.
- Join a bulk buying group. Cut out the middle man and watch your grocery bill drop.
- Join your local buy nothing group. Watch things magically appear when you need them. Also, get rid of the scarcity mindset that capitalism thrives on.
- I’m biased in this one, but buy local whenever possible. 68¢ of every dollar that you spend locally stays in your community compared to 43¢ when you don’t shop locally.
- Support citizen journalists and independent media. Somebody else is not paying the bills for these people.
- Start a freedom school. Weekend education programs teach financial literacy, labor history, community organizing. Informed communities are dangerous communities for the 1%.
- Boycott the big guys. Boycott Amazon and Walmart. These places do nothing for your local economy.
FYI if anybody is uploading stuff to loops, it says there’s a 1 minute max length, but I’ve seen longer videos, like 3 minutes on there, so a video like this wouldn’t have to be split when uploading.
We used to have a COOP for food and the workers got a better price in exchange for some labor.
The food was mostly from local farms and the meat was much better quality than any grocery store.
IDK what happened to these as they use to be common in the US.
You can still support some small guys with Amazon purchases by choosing which vendor you want.
Co-Ops still exist, and one can find them here: https://letsgo.coop/ -whoops that one’s a dud.
Edit: Try this: https://www.localharvest.org/
Site seems largely broken for me on Firefox. I don’t even know what they’re asking for in the second line. And the third line is not working for me even if I give it location permission.
Thanks, I found a better one.
All good ideas, but none of that will “terrify” the 1%. The 1% aren’t even aware of us. At best, we are ants in their garden.
Imagine if enough people did this to put even a tiny dent in their profits, though. The 1% do seem terrified of anything less than infinite, exponential returns.
Good stuff!
