Resist and Unsubscribe (Scott Galloway)(www.resistandunsubscribe.com)
48 pointsby beatthatflight12 hours ago9 comments
  • Havocan hour ago
    As much as I appreciate his impetus to do something I don’t think unsubscribing will move the needle. You’re still going to want shipping, entertainment and transport. Those dollars are still going to be spent somewhere. So don’t think it’ll move the market in aggregate
  • simon6666 hours ago
    A rhetorical point: I think it's best to avoid "resist" language.

    1. It's antiquated and arouses imagery and iconography that IMO many have negative associations with. (I'm leaving this a bit vague intentionally.)

    2. Framing oneself or a movement as "resisting" is to frame one self or a movement in a weaker, defensive position. It's better to use to language that indicates actions and offense as opposed to defense.

    3. Because of 1 this opens up typical lines of attack and characterization that make one's "resistance" an easy rhetorical target. No unforced errors.

    I don't have a sense of what would be a better alternative, but probably throwing things against the wall until something sticks/galvanizes people makes more sense. Something like "assert yourself", "push back"/"fight back", "take it to 'em" etc.

    • vagrantstreet2 hours ago
      Or words such as "rise up" "fight the oppression".

      Resistance sounds like some shortform offensive action, I'd prefer something more long term that shows a better path or what you're missing out on. The people I see who uses aggressive language like that aren't who I want to be around with ironically enough.

    • NietzscheanNull5 hours ago
      Perhaps "deny, defend, depose" – not sure where I heard that, but it has a certain mental impact.
    • JellyBeanThief6 hours ago
      I could get behind "exercise", as in your rights (while you have them), and your power (to stop relying on specific conveniences, businesses). Combines with imagery of gaining strength, independence.
  • delichon10 hours ago

      Boycott Target           | Ticker | Before (1/30/26) | After (2/13/26) | % Diff
  -------------------------|--------|------------------|-----------------|--------
  Amazon                   | AMZN   | 239.30           | 198.79          | -16.93
  Uber                     | UBER   | 80.05            | 69.99           | -12.57
  Meta                     | META   | 716.50           | 639.77          | -10.71
  Alphabet (Google)        | GOOGL  | 338.00           | 305.72          | -9.55
  Paramount (Skydance)     | PARA   | 11.21            | 10.32           | -7.94
  Netflix                  | NFLX   | 83.49            | 76.87           | -7.93
  Microsoft                | MSFT   | 430.29           | 401.32          | -6.73
  Apple                    | AAPL   | 259.48           | 255.78          | -1.43
  Dell                     | DELL   | 114.44           | 117.49          | +2.66
  Comcast (Xfinity)        | CMCSA  | 29.75            | 31.57           | +6.12
  AT&T                     | T      | 26.21            | 28.69           | +9.46
  Marriott                 | MAR    | 315.30           | 353.89          | +12.24
  Charter (Spectrum)       | CHTR   | 206.12           | 239.09          | +16.00
  FedEx                    | FDX    | 322.25           | 374.72          | +16.28
    • Havocan hour ago
      That’s just measuring noise and arbitrary market swings
    • emestifs9 hours ago
      That's not very useful. The market has seen volatility for unrelated reasons over the past month.

      And effects of this, resist and unsubscribe, wouldn't be a factor so quickly. AFAIK this only launched less than a week or two ago.

      • delichon9 hours ago
        It's too quick to reflect the fundamentals, but the market is priced on vibes. They move at the speed of rumor. But even with normal volatility, the boycott will have to be wildly effective to produce an unambiguous market signal.
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  • rafavento6 hours ago
    Wouldn't be more effective for Galloway and his billionaire friends to dump these company's stock, maybe sell $900M each, use whatever money they get from that for good and still be left with $100M+ at the end? I don't like how he is parading himself everywhere like he's part of the solution, when he is actually part of the problem.
  • znpy12 hours ago
    Ironic to see this posted here, as YCombinator is the nesr from which Sam Altman originally spread his wings.

    I’m keeping my chatgpt subscription though.

  • mythrwy7 hours ago
    What are we resisting?
    • selridge7 hours ago
      You, looks like.
    • profsummergig5 hours ago
      Apparently a return to the policies of 14 years ago when people like Bill Clinton, Hillary, and Obama used to call for enforcing laws against illegal immigration.
      • amanaplanacanal2 hours ago
        For a lot of people, it's not the laws, but the tactics.

        Personally, I think the whole system needs to be reformed.

  • tamimio6 hours ago
    Cool, I just found that I don’t use any of these services. And I encourage the site owner to add instagram as well.

    >the most radical action in capitalist society is not participating

    So that’s why they are after NEETs now?