Have you heard about this? I hadn’t until this afternoon. A guy in Chicago named John Schwarz is organizing something like a general boycott for tomorrow. He’s calling it the economic blackout and he’s getting a lot of media coverage and some celebrity endorsements.
An effort to encourage U.S. consumers to participate in a day of protest by not spending money Friday has picked up momentum online, with thousands of people across social media saying they plan to take part in the “economic blackout.”
Started roughly a month ago by John Schwarz, a Chicago-area medication and mindfulness educator, the idea has taken off on social media, where searches for the term surface hundreds of posts of people sharing screenshots of infographics and encouraging others to participate in the protest. Google’s search data shows queries for “economic blackout” have…
