It’s not a simple single step process. Nor does everyone perform the same role. But, yes, we begin withdrawing our cooperation in most cases slowly and subtly—like “quiet quitting.”

I’m not making anything up. The framework has been used successfully a zillion times. From Gandhi to (my modern favorites) 5 disgruntled Serbian college students who removed the dictator Milosevic.

You’ll keep eating. But you’ll stop shopping and cooking (and dying) for tyrants and fools.