If you cancel your Amazon account and you want to buy something (anything) where can you shop? I mean Walmart is almost as bad as Amazon, right? I am tempted to shop Canadian but I don't know anything about the politics of the owners of Canadian companies.
This is a central dilemma-- how do we stop supporting our enemies with our money?
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DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE WE CAN SPEND OUR MONEY WITH FRIENDS AND NOT FASCISTS?
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How about a list of owners of businesses who contribute to Progressive candidates?
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in reply to Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK • •I tend not to judge a business by the views of their employees, as I want to think of employees as having lives of their own. I think your methodology has a point, though. Employment is a power matrix. An employee who's willing to out themselves on both their workplace and their opinions is (by definition?) an employee who shares their employer's worldview.
For what it's worth, goodsuniteus.com has data on the political contributions of employees of large American businesses.
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Good for you. Now how do we scale that sentiment?
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in reply to Dave Goldsmith • • •The problem with Amazon (or to a lesser extent, Walmart) is that they have most things you could want under one virtual "roof." It's so easy.
I'm still navigating these waters, myself, but I think part of it is learning to buy different kinds of stuff from different sellers.
I recently discovered ThriftBooks, for example. They're independently owned, and shipping was pretty fast. Not "Prime" fast but speedy,
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Sounds wonderful! What are their politics? What civil or communoty action or ideas do they do/support?
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I agree with everything that you say and I've been practicing much of it since the election but I'm asking a someone different question. Is there anywhere we can shop with friends? Are there any companies any businesses any individuals any list of friends any list of progressive stores?
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Until we fix this glaring problem I fear all of our efforts will be marginalized. We simply have to stop supporting our enemies with our money!
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I'm going down the exact same path! It's f****** frustrating that our choices are between an active fascist and a less active fascist! We progressives should be ashamed of ourselves for having progressed zero since Nader.
Felonious Trump ended the First Republic. This is fascism. AOC and Bernie can win now on the issues that the majority of Americans have wanted for decades: Universal Health Care, the return of Roe v Wade and massively taxing billionaires into millionaires.
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Yes I heard good things about costco. I'm not really looking for a One-Stop shop I'm happy to shop at multiple locations I'm just looking for companies who are run by and owned by people who support Progressive causes. Do you know of any such list?
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in reply to Dave Goldsmith • • •No list comes to mind, unfortunately. And searching for the examples that come to mind like thrivemarket.com/, wearpact.com/, blueland.com/, bookshop.org/ doesn't turn anything interesting up.
Changing the criteria to various vulnerable groups, this looks like it has potential, though startsmallthinkbig.org/shop-smβ¦ and this article has some pointers including that link coppercourier.com/2023/12/21/wβ¦
Where to find women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ owned businesses to support this holiday season
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Yes, I do that too but I don't know if the owner of the manufacturing company is a progressive a liberal conservative or a fascist. That's what has to change.