The coup already happened. You live in fascism.
What you want is a revolution to overthrow the fascists in power.
this post was submitted on 24 Mar 2025
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Silly. How horrible is your life? What freedoms have you lost? Are you in prison for questioning Trump?
Did you not see all the people they rounded up and sent to El Salvador without a trial? Yeah, loads of folks are loosing freedom.
Read the news.
Oh brother... those were illegal immigrants, criminals. Relax, you'll be fine.
OK, kindly fuck off with your Nazi shilling and save the rest of us the displeasure.
You can't know if they committed a crime unless they had a trial.
You know this because they were granted due process, right? Um... right?
You say that like that isn't a thing trump has been explicitly pushing for.
Denying money to these cunts is pretty much the easiest way to make a real difference. Billionaires don’t care about your well crafted online post, nor a peaceful protest. Since citizens united, it’s the only leverage you have now. Sorry your personal ego is driven by your blind loyalty to the corporation.
I'm American, and I've been trying to boycott Trump donors for several years. They're hard to avoid, especially with food, but it's possible. The way my country is falling to fascism makes me sick. I feel bad paying my taxes because I know my tax money is funding this garbage too.
Join a CSA. Dont buy things boxed.
I like CSAs! That's exactly the kind of post-capitalist rebellion we need right now.
But in reality, I rely on processed foods more than I'd like to admit. I don't think CSAs can send me pizzas. Until I change myself enough, I'll continue to eat pizza, but I won't buy pizza from Papa John's.
Pizza is stupid easy to make. Flour and yeast dont come from a CSA, but I'm sure you can source it ethically.
I usually make a ton of dough on a weekend, separate it into 1-pizza-sized balls, and freeze them. Thaw overnight in the fridge and it takes like 20 min to roll & top. Or you can pre make the whole pizza and freeze it.
I really wish Uline wasn't in this group. It's so damned useful. Now I need to find multiple suppliers instead.
The Uihleins are huge pieces of shit. Dick especially.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/06/megadonor-gop-richard-elizabeth-uihlein-00081267
You're doing the world a favor by taking some money out of the Republican pockets they line so thoroughly.
Grainger
Yeah, fuck Uline
Uline sends out these really fat catalogues to businesses that might use their stuff. I have never ordered a single thing from them, because their shit is expensive, and I can buy it far cheaper almost anywhere. Despite NEVER ordering anything, they have been shipping me heavy catalogues for years. They have lost a small fortune on me.
Every person in America should order a Uline catalogue and throw it out, use it to roll joints, or put it in the outhouse for toilet paper. Eat up as much of their profit on wasted catalogues and postage as possible.
Also their boxes fall apart in shipping and fuck up my box walls (I work at ups)
Great, but the author of the post, Mark C Eades is making this into a series where he calls our companies one by one instead of just compiling and publishing a complete list. Even our pushback against the oligarchy is being monetized. Good job Mark, but at the same time-- try to be a bit more professional and true to the actual cause, Mark.
Nobody will respond to a list. Too much. One at a time is better. Helps with focus.
Too much.
I strongly disagree, and its a weird point you're making. People dont have enough focus to absorb and focus on a list over time. No one is going to read 20 weeks of posts to get to a 20 item list. People can read and absorb lists. And they get frustrated when their time is wasted with shenanigans designed to make a person some cash on the side. When the author draws peoples eyes to this he is spending a limited resource, and they should do it judiciously. So are you the author then? Or perhaps a right winger who is against this boycott?
Sounds like a good strategy. Stop trolling.
Pointing out the authors cynical approach doesnt meet the definition of trolling. Who am I trying to provoke? You seem to be the troll engaging in provocation here. Lets check:
"Trolling someone" means intentionally posting inflammatory, irrelevant, or offensive comments online to provoke an emotional reaction or cause disruption, often with the goal of upsetting or annoying someone.
So the author of this series is going to just let us keep buying from bad actors until its their turn on week 52 to have a light shined on their bad actions?
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism.
That's a thought terminating cliche that doesn't actually help anything or progress the conversation.
Perhaps, but he does have a point.
Boycotts, protests, press articles and just public opinion in general used to be powerful tools to influence companies and politicians.
But they have lost their effectiveness, because companies and politicians have figured out ways to make themselves immune to boycotts and protests.
They have engineered society to make us all dependent and confused.
It used to be, every product in the supermarket had a smallish company behind it, and that company was very sensitive to public opinion. There was always competition ready to steal market share.
Now all the brands are just labels for a few giant corporations. You simply can't boycott them. If one brand becomes the target of a boycott, a different brand from the same or another multinational will get the money, perhaps through a store brand.
Yes, they are making it harder, but that's not a good reason not to not try at all - which is what they appear to be suggesting. For some areas sure it's harder to tell who the owner is and such, but that does not apply everywhere. It's not super difficult to figure out if you are boycotting Target or not
I think the bigger issues right now is just that lot of people forget how it often takes a while boycotts to work. For instance, people boycotted the Montgomery busses for 381 days before they were desegregated
Yes, boycotts shouldn't be the only tool we use, but we shouldn't just give up before trying and never use it all
I dont agree. Its something people can do so it keeps them onboard, it still has some effect, and the fact that Israel rages against BDS (for example) shows that boycotts are effective.
But they have lost their effectiveness, because companies and politicians have figured out ways to make themselves immune to boycotts and protests.
Musk going in front of his employees begging them to not sell their stock doesn't sound like a company immune to a boycott.
Tesla is indeed the exception.
It does progress the conversation, limited targeting of companies based on their political contributions is playing wack a mole. It's like Republicans boycotting Bud light because of advertising with Dylan Mulvaney by buying another beer also made by Ambev.
Uhh...the boycott worked extremely well and AB InBev quickly distanced themselves from Dylan Mulvaney.
I'm beginning to suspect you don't actually understand of what you're talking about beyond a few catchy slogans you picked up in the student center.
So never even try to do anything? Absolutely not
Don't spread defeatism for them
Organized boycotts can work
Who said anything about not trying anything? Do you target companies that helped fund P2025 politicians and support those that gave money to holocaust deniers like Biden/Harris.
Ah, cool, a new account to block.
Doesnt look like youve done it yet, more performative outrage?
thats problematic because I cant just absorb my nutrition from the sun, so I am stuck consuming all kinds of things.
Also, boycotts are a thing we can all do now, so why try to shoot that down?
All food shouldn't be a commodity, for starters
This needs to go way beyond Amazon. They're a part of the problem for sure, but AFAIK they're a symbol of what's wrong with our economic and political system. The real enemies are the ones that are helping to prop up those in DC. You don't need to knock the King off the hill. Dig a tunnel underneath his hill and it will collapse.
"My side didn't win, so let's sabotage everything!" Sincerely, Democrats.
We've literally been told money is speech, but just as soon as people start organizing to vote with our dollar, we're sabotaging everything.
"My side didn't win, so let's do everything Democrats do plus invade the Capitol" Sincerely, Let's Throw a Tea Party Republicans