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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBoycott ideas. Natural and logical consequences.
I am pretty sure the most effective learning mechanisms are consequences.
My mom tells me not to touch the stove because it is hot. I touch the stove anyway. I just learned an unforgettable lesson.
Significant percentages of people in certain states voted for ultra conservative/Republican/religious extremist/racist, MAGA policies to be executed by trump and his comrades. Consequences and potential consequences are piling up... economic, international, legal, etc. I think they are mostly natural consequences, so far. Logical consequences are actions taken intentionally or strategically like punishments that are logically related to the problem behaviors. The bus boycott of the 1950s, for example. Boycotts in general. So, I am looking for and proposing boycotts that might be both doable and effective.
I found a list of the "most conservative" states (I didn't save the source. They look correct.). Listed below. I have also tried to identify important businesses with home offices or major presences in those MAGA states. It seems to me that several of them have good potential for boycotting thus providing some additional economic consequences for those states. Yes, I know, it may be rough on some of the innocent folks in those states. Maybe there are ways we can help support them.
So, here are the "top ten" most conservative states and some key businesses.
WY WV OK ND ID AR KY AL SD TN
Wyoming - Peabody Energy (coal mining, headquarters St Louis, MO)
- Cloud Peak Energy (coal mining headquarters Gillette, WY)
West Virginia - Murray Energy (coal)
- Owens Corning (insulation, roofing, fiberglass)
- American Woodmark (kitchen cabinets)
Oklahoma - Hobby Lobby (Oklahoma City) Hobby Lobby !!
North Dakota - Acme Tools (Grand Forks)
- Burger Time (West Fargo)
- Scheels (Fargo)
- Swanson Health Products (Fargo)
- Vanity/Vanity Shops (Fargo)
Idaho - Albertsons (Boise)
- Amalgamated Sugar (Boise)
- Boise Cascade
- Buck Knives
- Clickbank.com
Arkansas - Walmart
- Tyson Foods
- Murphy USA (gasoline, snacks, tobacco)
Kentucky - Humana (Louisville, KY)
- Yum Brands (KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut)
- Texas Roadhouse
- Papa Johns
- Browns Forman (Jack Daniels, etc., Louisville, KY)
- Valvoline
Alabama - Ready Mix (Birmingham)
- Colonial National Bank (Robert Lowder)
South Dakota - (tourism perhaps)
Tennessee - HCA Healthcare (hospitals, Nashville)
- Bridgestone (tires, Nashville)
- Dollar General (Goodlettsville, TN)
Bonus: American Airlines and Southwest Airlines have their home offices in Texas.

Ritabert
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(36,346 posts)Never buy anything inside a gas station. Just fuel.
They make more profit on the junk food and tobacco.
Mom and Pop stores support small businesses.