1. La Resistencia y los Boicots Corporativos.
Una coalición de movimientos sociales ha impulsado boicots económicos contra gigantes minoristas como Target, Amazon y Home Depot, citando su apoyo a políticas administrativas controvertidas, la colaboración con ICE y la eliminación de iniciativas de Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusión (DEI). A pesar de los esfuerzos, la efectividad de estos boicots es debatida, especialmente cuando las empresas intentan atraer a los consumidores con tácticas de marketing.
- Corporate giants chose profits over peopletarget gutted dei, home depot let ice hunt workers, and amazon is bankrolling this regime. Cool. Lets hit pause and show them our power. Not one purchase. Not this week. Not from us. Weaintbuyingit.
- The target boycott is working for a reason. People are sending a message and not shopping there. This is easy to do and will have a bigger effect than posting about general strikes online.
- Target used the sunk cost fallacy to get people in stores on black friday, thats all it is. Yeah, they stood in line for 4-6 hours just for a cheap bag, candy and uno cards but now theyre gonna go into the store and see whats on sale so they dont feel like they wasted time when they really did.
- If you really want to fuck with target and walmart, listen up retailers use technologies to count the number of people who enter the store and compare it with purchase counts to determine sales effectiveness. Conversionrate if you enter and dont buy anything, its a hit against the store.
2. El Dilema Económico: Necesidad vs. Consumo Masivo.
La inflación y la inestabilidad económica han forzado a muchos consumidores a depender de las ofertas de temporada para adquirir artículos esenciales y regalos. Aunque los informes de ventas muestran un aumento en el gasto total, esto se atribuye a los precios más altos, no a que la gente compre más artículos, lo que subraya la presión financiera que sienten las familias.
- I have no idea how some people are going to afford to eat the holidays are going to be very bleak this year for many -my heart hurts for them.
- People are buying less but paying a lot more than last year. This headline is so misleading. The american people are not stupid. We live this shit everyday.
- People of america save all year to get essentials on black friday. Working folks need help. Give us a living wage or healthcare childcare and education from the tax we already pay.
- I think the call to action was too big. People on a budget count on this week to purchase appliances and gifts and clothes. I think targeting specific companies is a doable task.
3. La Crisis de la Experiencia Minorista y el Trato a los Trabajadores.
Los empleados minoristas, especialmente durante la temporada navideña, enfrentan condiciones laborales difíciles, bajos salarios y un trato hostil por parte de los clientes. Las nuevas políticas corporativas, como la exigencia de "sonreír" o interactuar constantemente, son vistas como una crueldad adicional impuesta por ejecutivos desconectados de la realidad del personal de primera línea.
- We must start threatening to fire our staff for not checks notes smiling enough. - target probably.
- Just a reminder. Please. Please god just be nice to retail workers, please. People are so mean this year so far and we still have another two weeks before black friday.
- I dont go to shops because i want to talk to people. I go to shops to buy things. If i need help, ill ask. If you try to engage and i am not in the mood, i will be clear about it. Leave me alone unless i invite you.
- Demanding that people who are stuck trying to do the work of multiple employees also stop and smile and talk to any customers is just cruelty on top of cruelty.
4. El Fenómeno de Black Friday y la Cultura del Consumismo.
Black Friday es criticado como una celebración de la avaricia y el consumismo desenfrenado, donde la gente se endeuda por artículos innecesarios. La tradición de las "ofertas de puerta" (doorbusters) ha llevado históricamente a la violencia y el caos, un comportamiento que muchos consideran una manifestación de la adicción de la sociedad al consumo.
- I have hated black friday for years - it manipulates people into buying a bunch of shit for capitalism. People behave badly, hit and sometimes kill each other, or act like toddlers fighting over a toy or appliance.
- Black friday is the day we honour the great american tradition of buying a bunch of shit we dont need with money we dont have to impress people we dont like.
- Black friday, urgh. Convincing people to buy things they dont want or need and putting themselves further in debt.
- I saw enough tv news footage of people trampling each other to be the first in line to get 15 dollars off a new television that it negatively polarized me against black friday forever.