Why social media urge people not to buy anything for 24 hours on Friday?

You may have seen messages on social media that urge people not to buy anything at all on Friday, February 28, as part of the protest. This is not only your friends tired of prices and companies; It is an actual organized movement. Consumers are urged not to spend any money, online or otherwise, for 24 hours, on February 28.

Country organizer John Schwarrs I told Usa Toy This week, people feel annoyed by the greed of companies. Talk more at the matter in a February 18 Instagram video.

“For our entire life, they told us that we have no choice … that this is what things are, we have to accept these crazy prices, greed for companies, and billionaire tax breaks, all while we just face to reach that,” Schwarrs said in the video. “February 28, 24 -hour economic blackout: no Amazon, no walmart, no fast food, no gas, no one dollar is spent unnecessary.”

Shawareers started called called The Union of the People of the United States of AmericaAnd that expanded the protest to include boycotting certain companies and on certain dates. Amazon Province includes from 7 to 14 March, Nestle on March 21-28, Wal-Mart from April 7 to 14, and a second economic piece on April 18.

The Union of the People of America is presented as an unprepared political. Its website states, “We are not democrats, Republicans, independent, or any other party. We are bypassing political posters. We are fighting for fairness, economic justice and real systematic change, something that neither of the parties has determined.”

Schwarurs did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The best -selling author Stephen King Spread On Bluesky, linked to President Donald Trump,

“He voted for Trump, now the buyer’s remorse?” The king wrote. “Trump’s philosophy seems to be his novel to FAFO (F–around it and knowledge). Do not buy anything on the twenty-eighth unless you have to do so at all.”

King is not the only one who drew a link between the boycott and the president. But the common questions about the Union Usa website on the Internet that the group is not against Trump, Elon Musk or others: “This movement is not related to one person. It is related to the system as a whole. Both political parties, both the past and current leaders.”

Actress Beit Midler also Spreading support for the boycott On Blues.

“Freezing your spending on February 28 …. Do not shop!” Midler books. “And if you have to do so, please resort to a small local company!”

Can such protests do anything?

I spoke to Zakari Crocate, a host Economics of Daily PodcastsThose who indicated that teamwork can lead to change, especially when it puts pressure on economic interests.

But can a 24 -hour protest make a difference?

“Historically, the boycott was more effective when its actions and requirements were clearly determined, and when the participation is uniform and sustainable,” says Crochet. In addition, he continues, he says, it helps to boycott strategic targeting in the supply chain or the institution’s sales channels.

Crocate notes that not shopping for a day can hurt the demonstrators more than companies and that the provinces become less effective as wealth becomes more concentrated. In the United States, he says, a small percentage of individuals has a “amazing share of America’s wealth and origins, and these people can better absorb economic pain.

“The provinces come at a cost to the participants as well, and consumers generally have a lower lower one when it comes to making sustainable economic sacrifices,” he says.

For him, for him, most of the days are not shopping days.

“I am not a fan of spending money in general,” he said. “I am economical, perhaps wrong, regardless of what is going on in the economy or the political scene. So, for me, every day is a kind of economic blackout.”