I mean, I’d rather look stupid with a stockpile than the other way around. Better to be looking at it than looking for it. also https://hexbear.net/comment/6951751

Now that the entity has attacked Iran, my dear friends - for the well being of my people - I have a request for all of you.

But first some Context:

A lot of diaspora Iranians protested in order to legitimize an operation against Iran.
A lot of people don't care about world events unless it affects them personally.
An immediate and punishing hit to people's material conditions could spark serious anger and political action against this war from all sides.
The media will manufacture consent, and defame and hide anti-war protestors.
Even those in favour of a war - and vulnerable to hating anti-war protestors - will malleate in the face of actual consequences.
This war will destroy the global energy market, and Dr. Roy Casagranda has predicted that hundreds of millions will die globally as a result.

Request: Please make sure you have the essentials to be able to take care of yourself:

cheap staple carbs: bags of rice
cans of nonperishable protein: beans
cooking oils
water - if your local municipality doesn't provide enough or clean water
hygienic products
full tank of gas (if applicable)

If you live in the imperial core, and if it does not put you in danger to do so: As you make your purchases, be loud about how you are panic buying because this Iran war is going to hit harder than both Covid and the Ukraine war.

If you can purchase these items with a partner or friend - you can be loud by talking to your friend about this issue and let others overhear you.

If you have successfully organized a community of people, please activate your groups to engage in this operation. Pretending to be independent couples and engaging at one popular supermarket (I.e. Trader Joe’s, Costco) simultaneously will much more likely trigger the panic wave that is required. Or to stretch your numbers further - have one couple talking, and everyone else buying a lot of items independently in a line - make it visible that large numbers of seemingly unassociated people are engaging in this panic.

If you have not successfully organized a community of people and are intending on attending an anti-war protest. Inform your fellow protestors of the seriousness of the economic consequences of this war. They are already primed to listen, so make the rounds and tell them to buy nonperishables like rice and beans as a matter of their own wellbeing.

Please do not instigate panic buying if you do not live in an imperial-core nation.

Outside of a successful operation, it will take months for prices to rise and consequences to settle in. You can turn every grocery run into praxis by engaging in repeats of this operation.

Because something like bags of rice is:

cheap
big
able to sustain you calorically for months

Assuming you are not broke and/or in financial trouble, buy a shit ton and make a show of it. Please prioritize your own plans and well-being first.

This is our protest to the war.