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Aral BalkanAnyone who thinks they can vote their way out of fascism with their wallet has never seen a billionaire’s wallet.
Teri Yaki 🖌️🎹🚲💻@aral Is it bulletproof?
@Ihazchaos Let’s just say sometimes size matters and leave it at that.
Susan Ville
Rhinos Worry Me
Tom@aral @RhinosWorryMe and it's not even to scale.
Claus Aranha@tdelmas @aral @RhinosWorryMe This is when an animation would be cool: zooming out to show a large cart full of money bags, and then zooming out even more to show many such carts linked to each other.
Rasmus Lindegaard@RhinosWorryMe @aral riiiiight.
John McFarlane@rasmus91 @RhinosWorryMe @aral agreed. Any effort to dissuade you to vote is an effort to make matters worse. All the money on the LHS originally came from the RHS
J.H.Noyes@aral
Guys like Elon and Peter have already cheated millions of Americans out of their retirement savings via stock market driven rapacity, out of four seasons via coin mining and AI, and out of their health as they age via Covid. The next step would be to make sure there was zero chance of their victims seeking revenge.
Guys like Elon and Peter have already cheated millions of Americans out of their retirement savings via stock market driven rapacity, out of four seasons via coin mining and AI, and out of their health as they age via Covid. The next step would be to make sure there was zero chance of their victims seeking revenge.
Professor_StevensNor have they counted how many wallets are out there. I know lots of people who are saying they will drop Prime and never use Amazon again. Lots of them. LOTS, I say! Like, at least a _dozen_ of my friends have told me this. There must be hundreds in my town alone, thousands across the state. Maybe a MILLION in the country.
In other words, not enough to make a single bit of difference to Bezos's net worth, and never mind the new customers he's just gained with this.
Dave GoldsmithAnyone who thinks that giving money to their enemy is a good strategy sure has a different understanding of how the world works than I do.
@Dave_Goldsmith No one’s saying give them your money.
Just realise that voting with your wallet won’t buy you democracy when you’re bidding against billionaires.
Alexander KarnImo, this is not about taking down Bezos (although I do think billionaires care about maintaining their aura of brilliance and invincibility).
It’s about refusing to co-sign on cowardice and collusion.
It’s about striving for a media diet that isn’t suffused w lies and bullshit.
It’s about living in truth, as Havel once said.
Aral Balkan (@[email protected])
@[email protected] No one’s saying give them your money. Just realise that voting with your wallet won’t buy you democracy when you’re bidding against billionaires.
Gatekeeper..
MemphisDaPlaya 🎲🎲They don't put it a money clip.
A few years ago, a Podcaster was wanting all their listeners to boycott Home Depot because the CEO hates Democrats. Guess who the same CEO endorsed this time? Kamala Harris!
A Democrat!
Every time I go to Home Depot to pick up some electrical wire, I can always depend on finding the podcaster's empty parking space, I chuckle to myself.