Thrift 2 Fight: Breaking Up with Billionaires

It’s time we break up with billionaires as best we can. It’s not gonna be perfect. Media and energy companies have made it nearly impossible to opt out. All in all, it’s an abusive relationship. But there are some things we CAN do: we can cut the strings that attach us to them, and tie ourselves to each other instead by making new networks of support.

For example: switching from using Audible (Amazon) to using Libby (for free!) through your library card, deciding to go in on a farm share with a group of friends, deleting your long-abandoned social media account, finally resetting your forgotten password for Netflix to unsubscribe (have you also been thinking about it for years?)…

So, at this pre-Valentine’s Day gathering, we’re going to support each other logging out, cancelling subscriptions, deleting accounts, tapping into free and non-exploitative resources. We’ll gas each other up, share info, and celebrate being so much better off without them in all the ways we can help it.

1. Where/when: Thrift 2 Fight, Valentine’s eve (2/13), 6-7:30pm.
2. How to prepare: analyze what services you would like to get rid of. Make a short list.  (“I want to stop shopping at Target, ordering from Amazon, and giving my information to Twitter”)
3. Bring: your laptop, your notebook, and whatever else you’ll need.
4. On the night of the event: you will make a step-by-step guide for yourself (“1. I need to learn what my shopping alternatives are and plan the next trip, 2. I will log into my Amazon account and go through the deletion process, 3. I will delete my account from Twitter and delete the app from my phone.”)
5. We will support each other in going through those steps! If you’re not sure whether/how you can make these adjustments, bring those questions with you! This will be a collective brainstorm and we’ll keep it as judgement-free as possible.