Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

Know where your money is going!

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Boycotts are one of the oldest most effective forms of protest in human history. When profits decrease on something, and people are hit in the wallet, they typically take the consumers more seriously.

Consumers have more power than they believe.

While the first amendment protects everyone’s right to say anything they want and have any opinion in the world, it does not guard you against the consequences of saying those things, or of people disagreeing.

A boycott is defined as “To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, dealing with, or participating in as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion” or “withdraw[ing] from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.”

Boycotts are a form of nonviolent resistance, which is the practice of achieving goals (such as social change) through symbolic protests, boycotts, political noncooperation, or other methods.

Here’s some fun history of where the word “boycott” came from: According to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition:

“An Englishman and former British soldier, Charles C. Boycott was the estate…