• Johanno@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      The World worked that way, but people accepted the new ad contained products they paid for.

      People even think it is fine to buy a product you don’t own

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        And people are making excuses for the forever inflating greed…

        I mean, how do you accept inflating prices and costs while your salary has been stagnant for decades?
        It just doesn’t make sense how costs, on individuals, are growing and growing.

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      It does work like that. You vote with your dollars. If you buy these companies’ products, you confirm they made the right decision.

      If enough people abandon their products, they change the model or die.

      What you say you like and what your dollars say you like are 2 different things. The sooner people realize this the faster things will improve. But, if people are unwilling to avoid buying products from bad companies, things will get worse. Welcome to capitalism.

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          You don’t have to be a hive mind to make a difference. Everyone gets one vote (or one bank account) to make things better or worse, even if it is only a very small amount. You can contribute to the society you want or the society that is convenient. Sometimes you have to sacrifice comfort (or entertainment) to influence the things you want society to be. If enough people agree, things get better. If you are just bitching about how you are being taken advantage of but willingly allow it to happen… c’est la vie…

          Society is a collection of individuals. If enough people buy into the “1 person can’t change things” then everyone makes things worse a little but at a time. Buy what you want, vote how you want, but you are making things better or worse with every choice you make.