So now we can add “directly capturing a sovereign leader” to the list of crap the US has done. So what do you think will actually be “the straw that broke the camels back” for world leaders to actually do something? Think it’ll be significant or something mundane?

  • kreskin@lemmy.world
    33·
    3 days ago

    complete worldwide boycott of american products. America is run by oligarchs who only care about money. They’d fold overnight.

    • discocactus@lemmy.world
      22·
      3 days ago

      Not a boycott of products, a divestment from the dollar and the US stock market. Sell all treasury bonds. It’s possible.

      • lepinkainen@lemmy.world
        7·
        3 days ago

        Using the Euro as the standard currency for oil would do it in a week.

        Either the US invades Europe to prevent it or the country collapses.

        • BoJackHorseman@lemmy.world
          43·
          3 days ago

          EU is America’s bitch. Countries are already using the Yuan to buy oil. Every country trades with China so every country needs yuan.

    • Limerance@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      That’s impossible at the moment. The USA dominates the software industry. No modern economy can run without relying on American software. Replacing that would be hard, maybe impossible.

      • BoycottTwitter@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        Take the first steps. Here are things you can do right now:

        1. Stop using Microsoft Office especially stop using Office 365 and switch to Libreoffice.
        2. Stop using Windows and switch to Linux.
        3. Stop using Reddit and switch to Lemmy (for other people, not you since you’re already here)
        4. Cancel your OpenAI/ChatGPT/Copilot subscriptions if you have those.
        5. Most importantly stop using Twitter if you use that and urge everyone else to do likewise. Bluesky I really like but it’s technically based in the US too but rewarding non-rightwing companies is like positive reinforcement. I haven’t seen enough people talk about using both the carrot and the stick. There’s also Mastodon which is great but some people feel it’s more for “techy” type people.
    • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world
      23·
      3 days ago

      Yea but to do that you need decent channels to coordinate and you all deleted all your accounts and the network you built with it. It would take 10 years just to recreate it.

      Let’s just go back to hyper focusing on AI slop