And also...
Nov. 11th, 2005 11:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ewtPick a company that worries you and stop buying its products.
Tell all your friends to do the same. Tell them to tell their friends too.
If enough of you stop buying this product their sales will suddenly stop.
The shops - seeing that this product no longer sells, will stop stocking it.
The financial analysts who advise big investors will get to hear that something is up.
The big investors will sell their shares as soon as they hear that something is up.
The shares will drop as news of the big investors selling gets out.
Other shareholders seeing the drastic fall in share price, will sell fearing a collapse.
The shares fall even further on the news of more selling.
The newspapers report on the unexplained panic selling.
The shares fall even further.
The chairman of the company mankes a statement to the effect that people are over reacting and things will soon return to normal.
The board decide the chairman's calmness in the eye of the storm suggests he hasn't grasped the gravity of the situation.
The shares fall even further on the news of the sacking of the chairman.
You have brought the corporation to their knees.
CONSUMER = POWER
We don't think all big companies are bad. Nor do we think all small companies are good.But you have the power to change any company for the better. Including ours.
Reproduced from the Howies catalogue, a/w 2005.
Thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
claire_wain for posting this one.
Some food for thought:
What purchases do you make that directly or indirectly support war? Are people's lives really worth the money you save, or the convenience you get, or whatever other reason it is that you make those purchases?
When I was young, my stepmum (or my dad? I don't remember who it belonged to) had a big poster with Smokey Bear on it, saying, "Only YOU can prevent forest fires."
Only you can stop the manufacture of land mines. Only you can support labour unions. Only you can stop your dependency on oil products. Only you can choose to use recycled paper products. Only you can buy locally. Only you can grow-your-own.
Every financial decision you make affects someone else. Only you can ensure everyone benefits when you buy something.
I go to rehearsal now, b'bye.
Tell all your friends to do the same. Tell them to tell their friends too.
If enough of you stop buying this product their sales will suddenly stop.
The shops - seeing that this product no longer sells, will stop stocking it.
The financial analysts who advise big investors will get to hear that something is up.
The big investors will sell their shares as soon as they hear that something is up.
The shares will drop as news of the big investors selling gets out.
Other shareholders seeing the drastic fall in share price, will sell fearing a collapse.
The shares fall even further on the news of more selling.
The newspapers report on the unexplained panic selling.
The shares fall even further.
The chairman of the company mankes a statement to the effect that people are over reacting and things will soon return to normal.
The board decide the chairman's calmness in the eye of the storm suggests he hasn't grasped the gravity of the situation.
The shares fall even further on the news of the sacking of the chairman.
You have brought the corporation to their knees.
CONSUMER = POWER
We don't think all big companies are bad. Nor do we think all small companies are good.But you have the power to change any company for the better. Including ours.
Reproduced from the Howies catalogue, a/w 2005.
Thanks to
claire_wain for posting this one.Some food for thought:
What purchases do you make that directly or indirectly support war? Are people's lives really worth the money you save, or the convenience you get, or whatever other reason it is that you make those purchases?
When I was young, my stepmum (or my dad? I don't remember who it belonged to) had a big poster with Smokey Bear on it, saying, "Only YOU can prevent forest fires."
Only you can stop the manufacture of land mines. Only you can support labour unions. Only you can stop your dependency on oil products. Only you can choose to use recycled paper products. Only you can buy locally. Only you can grow-your-own.
Every financial decision you make affects someone else. Only you can ensure everyone benefits when you buy something.
I go to rehearsal now, b'bye.
