Power of Unsubscribe

Title: The Power of the “Unsubscribe”: Turning Passive Spending into Active Protest

We are living in a time of unprecedented and urgent social crises, fueled often by corporate power and greed. Many of us feel overwhelmed. We feel the urge to “do something,” but often feel powerless to effect real change, or don’t know where to start. If this is you, you are not alone.

There are ways to have an impact without spending a single dime. One easy way to demand accountability and justice involves speaking the language that corporations and the rich understand. We need to hit them where it hurts: right in their predictable, recurring revenue streams.

Welcome to Fiscal Disobedience.

The Addiction to Recurring Revenue

The modern business landscape has shifted. The world’s largest companies, from streaming giants like Netflix and Disney+ to tech services like ChatGPT Plus and delivery apps like DoorDash, are built on the subscription model or rely entirely or partially on recurring revenue.

They don’t just want your money once. They want it every single month, forever. This “recurring revenue” is the holy grail for investors. It suggests stability, predictability, and endless growth. They bank on your passivity. They count on the fact that you will set it and forget it.

Your $15 a month might seem insignificant on its own. But when combined with millions of others, that predictable income stream is the foundation of their stock value and their immense political influence.

Weaponizing Our Wallets

Fiscal Disobedience is about disrupting that predictability. It is a modern-day economic strike.

When you cancel a subscription as an individual, it’s an annoyance to them. But when thousands of us commit to canceling simultaneously, tied to a specific demand for social justice, it becomes a boardroom crisis.

We are turning off the tap. We are telling these corporate giants that their stability depends on their morality. If they want our recurring revenue, they must align with our recurring demand for justice.

ICE OUT NOW!

Right now, the need for economic leverage is critical. Our push focuses on the situation in many cities and communities around the country. One metro area in particular, the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, are facing an effective occupation by ICE and CBP forces. Our communities are under threat, and business as usual cannot continue.

We are launching the ICE OUT NOW - ABOLISH ICE! campaign.

We are calling on everyone to use their economic power to pressure major corporations to use their political influence to end this occupation and ultimately, abolish ICE as we know it. Until action is taken, until results are seen, we will take action with our wallets.

Take Action Today

It’s time to make your cancellations count for the causes you care about.

1. Go to fiscaldisobedience.com.
2. Look at the list of services (Netflix, Hulu, DashPass, etc.).
3. Commit to canceling at least one service today as part of the ICE OUT NOW campaign.

Every cancellation sends a clear message: We demand change, and we are willing to disrupt your bottom line to get it. Join the strike.