Resist and Unsubscribe (Scott Galloway)

[usonian]

Repost.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220982770

https://www.resistandunsubscribe.com/

Americans are feeling powerless to thwart the Trump administration’s assault on our nation’s values. Praised by tech CEOs, surrounded by sycophants, and enriched by his return to the White House, the president’s actions march on unchecked. Americans, however, have a powerful weapon that has been hiding in plain sight.

First, we must recognize that the president is unfazed by citizen outrage, the courts, or the media. He responds to one thing: the market. The most potent weapon to resist the administration is a targeted, month-long national economic strike — a coordinated campaign that attacks tech companies and firms enabling ICE — to inflict maximum damage with minimal impact on consumers. In sum, the shortest path to change without hurting consumers is an economic strike targeted at the companies driving the markets and enabling our president.

– Scott Galloway

Friends of the Fuhrer include the following:

Details of their complicity at the link above.
Also, links to info on how to unsubscribe from each
(but not unsubscribe links)

Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft and Meta in particular, have subsidiaries, or separate subscriptions/products to avoid.

GROUND ZERO
These are the subscription-driven consumer tech companies we have identified as having outsized influence over the national economy and our president.

Amazon
Apple
Meta

Hey, we'd boycott Instagram too if we could, but we need it to get this message to you. Share this message widely on Instagram, encourage your friends to repost, get everyone on board. But while you're on the platform, do not click any ads and do not shop any brands that you see from links on the platform.
Google

Microsoft
Paramount+
Uber
Netflix
OpenAI
X

BLAST ZONE
These are the consumer-facing companies that we have identified as active enablers of ICE.
AT&T
Comcast
Charter Communications
Dell
Fed Ex
Home Depot and Lowes
Spotify
Marriott
UPS

Old friend Target is not on this list.

[UpInArms]

1. I searched the list, high and low

and could not find a single one that I subscribe to … or make any purchases from

Hmmmm ….

I will just have to continue standing in the streets with others … while writing letters to the editor and calling my lack of representives …

[usonian]

3. Non-sinner or repentant sinner?

Some of us have "guardian angels" that keep us out of bad situations.

That said, I am dropping Apple from future expenditures. And I let them (him) know.

As a former sysadmin and scripter, I always found linux/Solaris more suitable. Great open source apps have to be shoehorned into MacOS (Windows and MS are too putrid to get past my doorstep) with homebrew or ports and updated every time Apple upsets the Apple Cart (yearly).

Cook, you cooked Apple.

"Tim, I Think This Is The Ending Of A Beautiful Friendship."

[UpInArms]

4. All my tech devices are old, either gifted or purchased secondhand

My laptop runs win7

I cancelled Netflix about 8 years ago, when they allowed a hacker to steal my account and then attempted to raise my rate prior to the expiration of the current contract … so, I said “bye”

Never had a twitter

Dropped fakebook in 2017 after Cambridge analytical

Cancelled my prime account (member since 2008) last year … had already cancelled my WP account

Never had paramount

I think AI IS EVIL

shopping/shipping:

AT&T - hateful company… got away from them in the 90s
Comcast … never had anything from them
Charter Communications … same as above
Dell … gave up on dell in 2010
Fed Ex … fuckers
Home Depot and Lowes … double fuckers
Spotify … why?
Marriott … hahaha …. In the 90s … what a ripoff organization
UPS … I spit in their general direction

……

Background…. In the GWB era, I researched who his donors were … and have avoided supporting any of them …

I may not have many dollars, but I will not buy my own death

[usonian]

5. I have much the same profile.

I just had a lot fewer to cancel, so I can't say that I did.

I am parting ways with Apple.

For the rare hardware store appearance, I have gone to Lowes, for no other reason than the veteran's discount and reserved parking space. But no need lately.

Anything useful or entertaining is a 50 mile drive from here. I just got back from shopping.

I rarely order online, but got a Costco membership to support their inclusion efforts, and to basically never use Amazon.

I am studying AI very carefully. It has some positive benefits for programmers. In my opinion, where it works, it is replacing "boilerplate" code, but I still don't see it helping the average Joe, (*) and I'm working on that. Ai or not, preferably not.

The rest of it is hyper-trash AFAICT.

People need to be able to solve their own problems. Technology can do that, but the overlords prefer that they don't, and rely on their empires.

I'll dig into this and firm up my opinions as well as create solutions that are needed, not just playtoys. By whatever means that work on a home computer, not a mega data center.

[snowybirdie]

2. Would love to

boycott all those bad players you describe. However, as we are practically shut in elders, several of them play an important part of our lives. Fed Ex, Amazon and UPS bring is goods as we can't shop outside the home. Comcast is part of our homeowner package. So we suck it up hold our nose and hope eventually, they will experience karma.

[usonian]

6. I just turned 77, and am hanging in there pretty well.

I live in the boondocks, expecting some snow and wind this week, so I stocked up today.

Got a snow shovel at the thrift store.

But these 50 mile drives are a waste of time. I'll see about moving closer to people (all my friends are 50 miles away of more ... this is a mighty small town and 6 people I knew left already) and stores and services. Stocking up is a fright to manage, especially for one.

If I were close by, I'd be glad to help!!!