#But then the products would still be accounted for; Musk would go unaffectd

[alighted-willow]

I've seen a few posts about attempting economical freezes or boycotts and would like to offer an alternative, one which won’t inherently pit us against each other.

There's a style of protest that let everyday fellows continue, getting groceries, medications, entertainment, whathaveyou, all while preventing economic flow. If the buses don’t show up, the bosses won’t care, they have other busses, but if the busses don’t charge? If every grocery item is scanned and bagged, but the transaction canceled of falsely cashed (when you type in the cash and then just put nothing in), your CEOs will care. The customers will be happy, thrilled even! It's a great way to get the eternal fence sitters to side with you!

Like with other protests, it only works in numbers. You're a lot more likely to get fired over not showing up versus not doing one part of your job (the part they actually care about). But it's also a model unlikely to make your coworkers resent or act against you in spite, as leaving them out to dry by a walkout doesn’t stop the company from making money, it just makes it a harsher grind against the workers who couldn’t afford not showing up (some need every penny to live).

I have no doubt that there won’t be many protests in my area, this is Trump land with the occasional KKK and religious fanatics screaming about hell in public. My hope is that protestors of neighboring or different counties consider this as an option.

(Mostly I've been thinking about how people like to act out against a company by harassing or disregarding the workers, like those hacks who refuse to put their carts away ‘in protest’. Hun, if you really wanted a protest you'd have taken pliers to the frame until it was unusable, or just shoved the whole thing in your car.)

TLDR: Want a cool protest method where you bite into companies? You get rid of their stuff. If you can’t break it, then give it for free. Walkouts leave companies’ merchandise untouched; handouts or refusing to take payment gets CEOs worried FAST.