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  • LiberalSocialist [any,they/them]
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    2 years ago

    "Voting with your wallet" just gives people who have more money, more votes, going against the entire point of "one person, one vote."

  • Blep [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    "Thatd make the 1% a supermajority"

  • Zoift [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    "So the average consumer is totally dwarfed in political power by the rich and their interests then right?"

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Chick-fil-A is still going strong even though we know they actively fund anti-abortion shit

    Hobby Lobby is doing a-ok even though they literally funded ISIS

    It's almost as if the shitheads have lots of money to spend too

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I can't even get libs to acknowledge that gerrymandering makes voting pointless for many people.

    • footfaults [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      They came out with the iPhone even though no one really asked

      This is revisionist. People were fucking begging for the phone when it was announced.

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    2 years ago

    When the Irish were doing the original Boycotts against the actual man named Boycott there was a lot of violence and hitting people with sticks and stuff.

    • Ligma_Male [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      if you're not a rich straight white dude then every right you have was won with violence. and if you are a straight white dude, only most of them were.

  • ItsPequod [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Imagine you vote with your wallet.

    Now imagine someone has more votes than you.

  • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Pretend to be interested and ask for recent successful examples of where it's worked.

  • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Shouldn't one person only get one vote? If you "vote with your wallet", those that have more money get more votes. Therefore, it is not a democratic system.

  • Sea_Gull [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    We shouldn't have to in a just society.

    Everything is owned by like three companies.

    That's great if there aren't monopolies.

    "So some people get more votes?"

    What if ethical alternative is unavailable in my area? Am I voting for Amazon because I live in a certain area?

    Why not actively boycott? It's cool on its own, but it's not enough to make individual choices.

  • Owl [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Pretend they mean "buy a controlling stake in the company."