You don't know that I didn't go and live in a shack, but as it happens you are correct, you got something right. As a show of solidarity it would have achieved absolutely nothing other than, as you call it, a show. Pointless.
Absolutley the same can be said of your boycotting of Dubai and Emirates.
But as that only costs you a little money, it is a pointless gesture you choose to make, and then boast about on the internet to show us all how moral you are....