The Age of the Coward is here, where America’s most powerful corporations, once eager to preach their values, now fold like cheap umbrellas at the first gust of political wind.

“The brazen hypocrisy staggers the mind. Disney, which commands a market cap larger than the GDP of many nations, can’t find the courage to even wait for court challenges? Meta, which regularly boasts its power to connect billions, suddenly can’t muster the strength to defend its own policies and users? These aren’t businesses making tough choices – they’re paper empires run by moral cowards—simpering, whimpering, and weak.”

  • @Dasus
    1•15 hours ago

    consumer, but did you prove that it’s necessary to be a consumer at all?

    Depends on how you define it

    In 1906, Alfred Henry Lewis stated, “There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy.”

    • @stickly
      1•6 hours ago

      Personal consumption accounted for 68.8% of US GDP in at the end of 2024, an all time high. Granted, ~45% of that is very hard to cut back on (healthcare, insurance, housing).

      But even still, a drop of 10-15% would be devastating. If you could organize it, you could even skip payments on the big ticket services. Everyone skipping a month of bills at the same time would do serious, recession-level damage.

      It’s not a direct fix for our problems, but you can play serious economic chicken when most of the economy flows through your wallets.

      • @Dasus
        1•6 hours ago

        Yes, you can influence the system while participating in it.

        My point exactly.

        You can’t completely isolate yourself and boycott everything that should be boycotted, and it’s not gonna be even marginally as effective as if a large group of people boycott a specific thing. Focus the economic power of many and you get results, instead of individually trying to boycott every single thing.