The snarky attitude is totally uncalled for, and you're arguing a point nobody has made.

Nobody has said this will solve everything, but this isn't a new idea, and I've yet to see any evidence it solves anything at all.

Even if we did get a statistically significant number of people to take part, they'll just buy shit the next few days after instead.

If you want to get people on board, you need to provide some evidence it will actually do something at all