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L. Shirley's avatar

An estimated $3400 per year for the average household

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JF's avatar

To the oligarchs doing this to us, that’s pocket change. On the upside, it might ignite my favorite resistance; a consumer boycott.

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Kathy Tankersley's avatar

It doesn’t even have to be a “boycott”per say . Just change our buying habits to essential products only and skip the other stuff. Shop locally as much as possible and avoid name brands. Being a throw away society has really made Americans dependent on corporations, myself included.

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ErinL.'s avatar

maybe more of us stop ordering off Amazon and support local businesses whenever we can!!!

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Gina's avatar

get off facebook too

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Bambi Vargo's avatar

Yep, left Facebook the day after the election. Cold turkey. No regrets. Much more time for reading.

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Kimberly Montgomery (CA)'s avatar

Me,too! I stopped ordering off of Amazon and got off FB. Never did Instagram or Messenger or other offshoots.

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Gigi Daviso's avatar

Correct - other way to follow FB is not to use its APP. Use the internet browser - strongly recommended: DuckDuckGo app. It prevents any company from collecting your data via FB. I have been using it for about 2 months…wow! Worth it! Also, I use Proton email app. That way FB will lose $$$

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Bambi Vargo's avatar

I divorced myself from Amazon when Bezos donated $1M to the sloguration fund. Living quite happily with Amazon.

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Kent Evans's avatar

Deny them air...

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Gigi Daviso's avatar

Yup power of consumer

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