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3. In the days of factory workers...
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 06:22 PM
Mar 2013

Shutting down production would have worked. Technology has advanced so far now that there aren't enough factory production workers to shut the economy down (besides they're lucky to have a job).

It is consumption that would shut them down. If people targeted certain products and companies and refused to buy from them; that would effect their bottom line.

If everyone bought as much second hand goods as they could (either through eBay Craigslist or local flea markets) it wouldn't take very long before the people running this country would notice.

It would take a coordinated effort, but I believe that is what it would take. That and transportation; every time we get into our vehicle and put gas in the car we are supporting the enemy.

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