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“Don’t buy stuff.”

CNN delves into the February 28th call to boycott Amazon, Walmart, and other companies — as an act of resistance in a time of political turmoil, but also an influencer-sparked, celebrity-supported viral phenomenon that’s taken on a life of its own:

The “economic blackout” effort is relatively uncoordinated and nebulous. ... But this boycott has gained strength online because it has captured visceral public anger with the American economy, corporations and politics.

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