Will the sale of my 300 shares bring them to their knees? It's not likely, when the daily volume was close to 6 million shares, and that volume was a little on the low side.
And my switch to Costco from Sam's Club won't make a big difference in the overall sales or profits of Walmart.
But I am voting with my invesment dollars and my retail dollars every day, and believe that incremental by millions of people will help change society.
I've also increased my political contributions substantially, focusing on asymmetrical races, with contributions across the third tier of candidates, where we have tremendous patriots like John Laesch, David Gill, Bill Winter, Barry Welsh, and dozens of others fighting Sishypean battles. Some of these guys are going to win to the amazement of the pundits, and each of them is tying up money that would otherwise be going into a handful of close races.
As they said in the Declaration of Independence, We mutually pledge our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honour.