The Solution

We keep being told to protest harder.

March louder.
Post more.
Get angrier.

But history shows something uncomfortable.

Pressure without redirection does not change systems. It teaches them how to adapt.

In the late 60s, people took to the streets for real reasons. Civil rights. War. Pollution. Worker safety.

What happened next matters.

The EPA and OSHA were created. Not to shut industry down, but to stabilize unrest while preserving industrial power.

Pollution rules tightened domestically.
Labor rules tightened domestically.

Then in 1972, Nixon opened China.

Manufacturing did not get cleaner.
It moved.

Jobs were offshored.
Communities were hollowed out.
Supply chains were globalized.
And the same industries continued operating, just farther away from accountability.

Protest created pressure.
Markets quietly rewired permanence.

That pattern keeps repeating.

Today, people are angry again. And they should be. Different signs. Same fights.

But anger alone does not reroute money.
And systems do not change until money moves.

That is what this image is about.

BOYCOTT
Stop funding what you oppose. This creates pressure.

BUYCOTT
Redirect everyday spending toward better actors. This creates signal.

BUILD
Invest in materials, supply chains, and jobs that restore local power. This creates permanence.

This is not about purity.
It is not about perfection.
It is about leverage.

Every dollar is a vote for what gets produced next.
What gets subsidized.
What gets normalized.

If we do not change the commodities society depends on, protest alone will keep producing the same outcome.

The next civil rights movement will not just march.

It will redirect money.
It will rebuild local economies.
It will make the alternative unavoidable.

That part is on us.

Not politicians.
Not corporations.
Us.