The Caravan Podcast
The Caravan Podcast
The Caravan Podcast
Episode 28 | From Superhero Dreams to Economic Resistance | Adil Abbuthalha
1 hour 33 minutes Posted Dec 26, 2025 at 5:30 pm.
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Adil didn’t set out to build an app — he set out to change how power works.


In this episode, the founder of Boycott traces a journey that starts with childhood dreams of being a superhero, moves through disillusionment with performative activism, and lands on a radical idea: if power speaks the language of money, then resistance must too.

We unpack:

  • Why “social justice” without infrastructure fails

  • How boycotts became a tool for economic leverage, not symbolism

  • The difference between solving problems now vs. building systems so they never exist again

  • Why Muslims are often generous with relief — but hesitant with infrastructure

  • The painful reality of being offered a buyout by your enemy before backing from your own community

  • How technology enables a global, values-aligned alternative economy

This is a conversation about foundations, not feelings.
About systems, not slogans.
And about what it actually takes to build something that lasts 10, 20, 50 years.

🎧 Watch the full episode — and ask yourself:
Are we trying to feel good today, or build something that prevents the problem tomorrow?