Over the last few weeks, two thoughts keep returning in my mind.
The first is that we really do need to be happy warriors — we need to be the army that has fun (and even joy). Humor is a weapon we can employ to great effect. I bought some clear labels last month. I’d love to find a place with usable memes mocking the President-Select and the Left. I’d print memes on the labels and leave them in strategic locations (like stuck inconspicuously on a bike rack at the local middle &/or high school; teenagers love forbidden things 😉
The other thing I keep pondering is ways to comply in the most inconvenient manner possible. For example, I don’t know yet if I will get a tax refund for 2020 or have to pay. I’ll figure it out around the end of this month, as usual. If I’m getting money back, I’ll request it immediately. But if I owe anything. I will delay as long as I legally can (April 15th) and then comply as inconveniently as I can: sending in a check that has to at least be handled by one or more people. Perhaps also requesting an extension and then ultimately filing the forms by mail. I’m even thinking of filling them in by hand, so someone will have to process those, too. It’s a small bit of resistance, but can you imagine if millions of people did the same?
Do any of you have similar ideas?
2 replies on “Time for a little Monkeywrenching?”
This. Lots of this please.
In MB2A we’re looking into undergroundy, viral sort of marketing like you describe. I think it could be very effective.