HomeVideos

Resist and Unsubscribe: The Economic Strike Against ICE

Now Playing

Resist and Unsubscribe: The Economic Strike Against ICE

Transcript

45 segments

0:00

Many of us feel powerless right now. And

0:03

as Dan Harris says, action absorbs

0:06

anxiety. But what is that action? The

0:09

Trump administration doesn't respond to

0:11

outrage. It responds to economic

0:13

signals. It's not about ideology. It's

0:15

about mechanics. When stock prices fall,

0:19

when GDP looks threatened, when interest

0:21

rates increase, all of a sudden we see

0:23

very crisp walking back of the

0:26

president's plans, whether that's to

0:28

annex uh Greenland or to reduce tariffs.

0:32

We have a $30 trillion economy and

0:34

roughly 70% of it is driven by consumer

0:37

spending. That is our secret weapon.

0:40

Small coordinated changes can move GDP.

0:43

And when GDP moves, decisions get made.

0:46

In Q2 2020, GDP collapsed 31%. And

0:51

overnight, the government moved faster

0:53

than it ever has. Today, the Trump

0:56

administration is escalating ICE

0:58

enforcement. That's disappointing. Even

1:00

worse news, it's with the help of

1:02

corporations that provide the data,

1:04

infrastructure, and logistics to make it

1:06

all possible. That's why resist and

1:09

unsubscribe isn't a protest. It's an

1:12

economic strike. A temporary coordinated

1:14

pullback from consumer discretionary

1:16

spending focused on where economic and

1:19

political power is most concentrated,

1:22

specifically tech and AI. That means

1:25

pausing or cancelling subscriptions from

1:28

companies including Amazon, Apple,

1:30

Google, Microsoft, Netflix, OpenAI, and

1:34

more. We've built a website that makes

1:36

it easy to maximize your impact. Go to

1:39

resistand unsubscribe.com. Again, that's

1:42

resistandunscribe.com

1:44

and take action. The most radical action

1:47

in a capitalist society is

1:49

nonparticipation.

1:51

If you agree with us, don't like and

1:53

subscribe. resist and unsubscribe.

1:57

Thanks for your time.

Interactive Summary

The speaker asserts that the Trump administration is primarily influenced by economic signals, not public outrage or ideology. With consumer spending driving 70% of the $30 trillion US economy, it's presented as a powerful tool. The "resist and unsubscribe" movement advocates for an economic strike through a coordinated, temporary pullback from discretionary spending, specifically targeting tech and AI companies, to counter policies like escalating ICE enforcement. The website resistandunsubscribe.com is offered as a resource, emphasizing that nonparticipation is the most radical action in a capitalist society.

Suggested questions

5 ready-made prompts