minorkeys

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[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago

But did he though...?

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Consumer activism kills businesses and products regularly. We call it 'trends'.

But manufacturing a boycott for long enough to work is almost certainly going to fail. But like you say, it has a role to play, just not by itself. It must be an action used with precision as part of a larger strategy. We have plenty of tools, but nobody puts them together. It's always an isolated boycott that flairs up and inevitably fades away. The company just waits it out. We also can't boycott necessities, and that's where they really get us. Consumer activism doesn't work all in those cases.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 59 points 1 day ago

The most narcissistic generation of parents yet.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Drain the coffers.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Of course we have to have a way to manually check the training data, in detail, as well. Not reading the book, im just verifying training data.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Yet we keep empowering them with every purchase we make and half of the consumer base will never see an issue doing so. Some purchases we have no choice but to make, and that's where they really have control of our lives. They seized the means of production, distribution and access of things necessary for life and leverage access to those necessities for access to more parts of our private lives. The majority appear to be naive morons who will happily sell all of us down the river for more camera filters and some pretty shoes. Basically, toys. We are losing our rights, our privacy, and control of our lives in exchange for toys...

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

That sounds more like gluttony, which isn't exclusive to food

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

Blame democrats, blame democrats, there not even a real party anyway.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah, probably.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Amazon doesn't really fit imo. All the others allow the user to pursue the sin, Amazon isn't letting users pursue greed. RobinHood or betting apps would be better.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

May not have choice in the coming years.

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