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Am I the only one bothered by this?
(lemmy.nz)
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Best to just give it all to the same billionaire, then.
Best to not spend any money on anything at all if you can possibly avoid it.
Best protest you can make is to limit your participation in the economy as much as possible. They want your money. Don't give it to them.
Don't get too wrapped up in a bunch of numbers in the computer system that represent... nothing. The only thing money does is manipulate the behavior of people, it's not edible, it won't keep you warm and dry at night, it's not even a good way to get around town - all that money does is convince other people to do these things for you in exchange for money - until it doesn't.
So, yeah, it's the social game - but it's also obviously rigged - so unless you're a player at the higher levels, just collect as much as you need - earn faster than you spend - and don't stress too much about fair, there's no such thing as fair in the adult world.
Who said that was the alternative? You fucking clowns...
"oh so other capitalists might still be capitalists? That must mean you want to suck Bezos' dick!"
Again. Clown. That's you.
You never gave any alternative, and still haven't. It's starting to look like you don't have one.
They made one comment. It's a bit early to start drawing conclusions.
If you want an alternative, how about not giving it all to anyone? How about judging the company on their values and practices rather than their size?
I beg to differ. People who start with that level of aggression combined with that lack of actual content rarely bring solutions to the table.
I'm all for reducing consumption (pretty easy for me, because I hate buying things), but people still need things from time to time. I'm also all for judging a company by their values, but I would like to point out that you're the first one to mention size.
The original post was talking about preferring local business, which is often correlated with size but sometimes not. The comment I responded to was suggesting local business be rejected by virtue of being a business, which I didn't find particularly helpful without a suggestion for alternatives.
No, all I'm saying is that small business owners are on the same side of the class divide as billionaires, so it's not surprising they resort to the cheapest sloppies solutions and are trying to replace creative people with soulless automation.