They keep raising prices, stating that it’s due to inflation, but then they keep having record profits.

Meanwhile, the average American can barely afford rent or food nowadays.

What are we to do? Vote? I have been but that doesn’t seem to do much since I’m just voting for a representative that makes the actual decisions.

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    9 months ago

    This moves me.

    Thank you.

    I’m so distanced from all regulatory processes that they seem literally as impossible as your vision of boycotts. And yet, I now see how pressuring regulatory bodies for the change we want is a very effective tactic.

    But it look how long legalized marijuana has taken — that process started in the 70s.

    Look how fast Musk was able to turn Twitter into the mouthpiece of fascism. Weeks.

    This is what we are dealing with.

    I want to push back on your sense of “convenience.”

    I am not covetous of streaming. I have abandoned it.

    I’m in charge of my media libraries.

    What I’m saying is that we can do both: apply pressure on regulatory bodies WHILE abandoning crushing predatory capitalism.

    I eat healthily. It does not hurt ME that I refuse to eat corporate bile.

    I choose my media. It does not hurt ME that I never see ads.

    Anyway — hoping that you can appreciate you have made me value the regulatory pressure argument while I still believe we are powerful.