So many corporations and individuals are making bank from ignoring the Trump regime's obvious abuse of human rights. It's getting difficult to keep up with the list of those who have forsaken human decency, but we must keep exposing those that are complicit, More importantly, we must not forget who they are, if and when the political tide turns in America. Our collective spending choices can make a difference.
I am horrified by the murders in Minneapolis and the lies told by high ranking government to protect and enable ICE goons. Taxpayers funding ICE is like the condemned being forced to dig their own graves. There aren't enough metaphors to describe the regime's evil and corruption.
While I am a big fan of metaphors, Judd doesn't use them and with reason. There are no metaphors in reality. And this reality? It is about as stark and and terrifying as it gets: that hot breath in your ear? The steel toed boot on your neck? That grasping hand in your clothing? That searing bullet in your gut? No metaphors, they are real.
CEOs are more afraid of retribution by Trump than they are of consumers. Why? Because it takes a whole lot of boycott to take away more revenue than the loss of one multibillion dollar Pentagon contract. This needs to change. And when a new administration takes over it needs to pull a Trump and cancel contracts with the companies complicit in Trump's ICE reign of terror.
What about Hilton International? Aren't they housing ICE in Minnesota? We certainly read about the local Hilton franchise which was "dropped" by Hilton after it refused to accept ICE as lodgers.
Well, I did quit AT&T and move to Verizon but I'm sure someone can come up with a way Verizon is also complicit in human rights abuses. It's not easy to do business in today's world without having some contact with bad companies. I don't like it, but that seems to be the way it is.
This, in a nutshell, is the real problem. With mergers and consolidation there are few choices. It won’t be until PI and The Lever and other excellent investigative journalists pull back the covers that we will find out that all these huge companies are in bed prostituting themselves for the almighty dollar. The solution is at the ballot box. We need to rebuild a government based in integrity and trust that will break these issues down to the foundational blocks to solve these problems. That’s a very long row to hoe.
Remember our nineteenth century predecessors' used this old chestnut:
"There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and cartridge (or ammo). Please use in that order."
We must stay on our soap boxes until we can use the ballot box. After that, with clarity and strength, the judicial system, not used as a weapon but rather as a tool, should be used in all its permutations.
I agree, but the soap box of not shopping at Amazon when most of its revenue comes from AWS is pointless. Having said that, I have a two foot square of pavement with my name practically monogrammed on it in front of our county courthouse. Have signs, will travel.
Do not underestimate the power of boycotting all Amazon services, including web sales. Seems folks feel too embedded in all they have to offer and just can't pass up the "deals". Until we stop giving away our power, supporting those who are parasitizing us, we are as someone said earlier - digging our own graves. Too many Inconvienient Truths.
FWIW, I had been with T-Mobile for years (due to their support of the Big Ugly Bill) but changed to Consumer Cellular. My information is that their hands are cleaner, so far. Ethical businesses (and non ethical ones) here: Five unethical companies | Ethical Consumer https://share.google/EnzBNVh9ZtVn8HYJn
I'm wondering if it's not meant to counter negative information in the Epstein Files, and I'd love to see an honest review. Now that the East Wing is torn down, she need not worry about her official duties.
That might work in your village. It won’t work with Amazon. Target listened for a minute when people got all up in their feelings, but Target, like every other huge corporation, works for the shareholders, not for what you think. When enough shareholders start selling off, that’s when they really listen. So when you swear off shopping at target and Walmart and Amazon and Dollar General (who pays minimum wage and staffs an entire store with TWO employees at most, speaking of human rights violations), after they have shut out all of the local merchants, where are you going to shop? The problem goes not to a single corporation, it goes to our legislative and executive branches. There lies the problem, with relaxed antimonopoly regulations, corrupt mergers, destruction of consumer protections, and the like. So “target” your complaints where they’ll actually make a difference and elect people who care more about average people than stuffing their own pockets.
As I become more conscious, I feel the weight of these corporations, but especially Amazon, in determining choices I make in my life. I feel how insidious the tentacles of that company reach into my brain, into my daily activities. And don't get me started with Google and my reliance on that bloated omnipresent machine surrounding my daily decisions. Like cigarettes, the path to quitting begins with awareness, then acceptance that I am a slave. When I get to the point where I feel trapped, then I can really see a way out. I am so close to ending my relationship with Amazon and Prime and you are helping, Judd, just like your investigations into Facebook helped me sever that connections and with it, the only social network I was ever "involved" with. Evil patriarchal overlords determining how I live? Breaking free!
Obviously, you don't live in a remote area where it has been a boon. However, the delivery I most worry about is the USPS, which is under attack by the regime.
Thank you for revealing these companies for what they are. I’m sure glad I decided to quit Amazon. It is a little inconvenient at times, but I don’t miss it in the least. I will continue to vote with my dollars until I can vote at the ballot box.
So many corporations and individuals are making bank from ignoring the Trump regime's obvious abuse of human rights. It's getting difficult to keep up with the list of those who have forsaken human decency, but we must keep exposing those that are complicit, More importantly, we must not forget who they are, if and when the political tide turns in America. Our collective spending choices can make a difference.
Keeping a list is important. Time tends to erase the memory, and we can never let that happen.
The GOODS UNITE US app is one tool that helps show which companies back Trump and Republicans.
Only one tool though because it shows Amazon donating more to Democratic candidates so ignores the other grifts and indirect monies.
Boycott these companies. There are other options.
I agree, and wrote my comment without reading yours, Diane.
These are companies you do not want to support for many reasons. Predators who support predators.
Buy used instead of new whenever possible.
I am horrified by the murders in Minneapolis and the lies told by high ranking government to protect and enable ICE goons. Taxpayers funding ICE is like the condemned being forced to dig their own graves. There aren't enough metaphors to describe the regime's evil and corruption.
While I am a big fan of metaphors, Judd doesn't use them and with reason. There are no metaphors in reality. And this reality? It is about as stark and and terrifying as it gets: that hot breath in your ear? The steel toed boot on your neck? That grasping hand in your clothing? That searing bullet in your gut? No metaphors, they are real.
CEOs are more afraid of retribution by Trump than they are of consumers. Why? Because it takes a whole lot of boycott to take away more revenue than the loss of one multibillion dollar Pentagon contract. This needs to change. And when a new administration takes over it needs to pull a Trump and cancel contracts with the companies complicit in Trump's ICE reign of terror.
What about Hilton International? Aren't they housing ICE in Minnesota? We certainly read about the local Hilton franchise which was "dropped" by Hilton after it refused to accept ICE as lodgers.
Drop all who are complicit.
Disgusting. Yet another reason to avoid Amazon. By coincidence I don't do anything with the other two.
Thank you PI!
Well, I did quit AT&T and move to Verizon but I'm sure someone can come up with a way Verizon is also complicit in human rights abuses. It's not easy to do business in today's world without having some contact with bad companies. I don't like it, but that seems to be the way it is.
This, in a nutshell, is the real problem. With mergers and consolidation there are few choices. It won’t be until PI and The Lever and other excellent investigative journalists pull back the covers that we will find out that all these huge companies are in bed prostituting themselves for the almighty dollar. The solution is at the ballot box. We need to rebuild a government based in integrity and trust that will break these issues down to the foundational blocks to solve these problems. That’s a very long row to hoe.
Remember our nineteenth century predecessors' used this old chestnut:
"There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and cartridge (or ammo). Please use in that order."
We must stay on our soap boxes until we can use the ballot box. After that, with clarity and strength, the judicial system, not used as a weapon but rather as a tool, should be used in all its permutations.
I agree, but the soap box of not shopping at Amazon when most of its revenue comes from AWS is pointless. Having said that, I have a two foot square of pavement with my name practically monogrammed on it in front of our county courthouse. Have signs, will travel.
Do not underestimate the power of boycotting all Amazon services, including web sales. Seems folks feel too embedded in all they have to offer and just can't pass up the "deals". Until we stop giving away our power, supporting those who are parasitizing us, we are as someone said earlier - digging our own graves. Too many Inconvienient Truths.
I just ordered a big art book as a gift through Thrift Books. They have a large inventory of many kinds of books, and I use them regularly.
Thanks progwoman! Also World of Books, Better World books, and others. Great selections, great deals.
Lets start utilizing alternative choices and economies.
FWIW, I had been with T-Mobile for years (due to their support of the Big Ugly Bill) but changed to Consumer Cellular. My information is that their hands are cleaner, so far. Ethical businesses (and non ethical ones) here: Five unethical companies | Ethical Consumer https://share.google/EnzBNVh9ZtVn8HYJn
That link didn't work, but you can Google "Ethical Consumer" and do your own research. It's an organization.
Yes, I use Consumer Cellular as well, largely because their service is superb in a rural area of the Southwest.
These billionaire collaborators need to be hunted down, just like the rest of the Nazis.
Not the central point of this post, but the thought of a documentary about Melania Trump makes me want to throw up in my own mouth.
I'm wondering if it's not meant to counter negative information in the Epstein Files, and I'd love to see an honest review. Now that the East Wing is torn down, she need not worry about her official duties.
Thank you for this information. I know what companies to NOT do business with.
Citizens must find alternative ways to obtain the services these rogue companies provide. Boycott them. Cost them money.
That might work in your village. It won’t work with Amazon. Target listened for a minute when people got all up in their feelings, but Target, like every other huge corporation, works for the shareholders, not for what you think. When enough shareholders start selling off, that’s when they really listen. So when you swear off shopping at target and Walmart and Amazon and Dollar General (who pays minimum wage and staffs an entire store with TWO employees at most, speaking of human rights violations), after they have shut out all of the local merchants, where are you going to shop? The problem goes not to a single corporation, it goes to our legislative and executive branches. There lies the problem, with relaxed antimonopoly regulations, corrupt mergers, destruction of consumer protections, and the like. So “target” your complaints where they’ll actually make a difference and elect people who care more about average people than stuffing their own pockets.
We need to work from many angles.
We the People must find ways to punish corporate America for its support of fascism. We must boycott, strike, picket, innovate.
As I become more conscious, I feel the weight of these corporations, but especially Amazon, in determining choices I make in my life. I feel how insidious the tentacles of that company reach into my brain, into my daily activities. And don't get me started with Google and my reliance on that bloated omnipresent machine surrounding my daily decisions. Like cigarettes, the path to quitting begins with awareness, then acceptance that I am a slave. When I get to the point where I feel trapped, then I can really see a way out. I am so close to ending my relationship with Amazon and Prime and you are helping, Judd, just like your investigations into Facebook helped me sever that connections and with it, the only social network I was ever "involved" with. Evil patriarchal overlords determining how I live? Breaking free!
Why does anyone need prime?
Obviously, you don't live in a remote area where it has been a boon. However, the delivery I most worry about is the USPS, which is under attack by the regime.
Exactly.
These people should be publicly interviewed along with their politicians who they paid for
OT: Do you have any plans to cover Nvidia at Davos? The interview with Huang was the must see event, but was overshadowed by tfg and Carney.
It was revealing and a bit terrifying.
Thank you for revealing these companies for what they are. I’m sure glad I decided to quit Amazon. It is a little inconvenient at times, but I don’t miss it in the least. I will continue to vote with my dollars until I can vote at the ballot box.