• @_bcron_
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    2912 days ago

    I didn’t wait for any entity to regulate X on my behalf and URL blocked it. It’s my understanding that being a proactive consumer is a touchy subject but it’s merely a suggestion on how to stick it to Musk and the Trump administration

    • @WhatAmLemmy
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      12 days ago

      No no no. You just have to remember the cardinal rule of fascism! Everything holds a quantum superposition of right and wrong until you choose to disagree with it… for some reason. Please refer to the following MAGA pseudo-code:

      if (woke || baddie) {
         return "communist cancel culture"
      } else {
         return "freedom boycott"
      }
      
      • @_bcron_
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        12 days ago

        I’m talking more along the lines of the people who feel that being a proactive consumer is tantamount to being a corporate sympathizer because it is perceived that the proactive consumer’s actions normalize the notion that it is the proactive consumer’s burden.

        But I personally view it more like going on strike. Corporations (and their lobby) are nothing without money and I will stand in solidarity depriving them