• terwn43lp@lemmy.world
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    this was the last straw? it wasn’t workers peeing in bottles, or businesses being displaced to build warehouses, or tax avoidance, or sweat shop wages for international workers?

    to the trolls below, I’m a full time activist, you’re just keyboard warriors

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      Get bent. You moralizing keyboard pseudo-activitist.

      Why aren’t you out right now on a picket line? Why are you wasting time on a forum, instead of helping the homeless? Why aren’t you…

      How far are you willing to take your arbitrary purity tests? Instead of supporting someone who is intending to support an action you clearly also support e.g. cancelling Prime, you’re lecturing them why they should have done it sooner. Or why their choice is less moral then yours.

      I bet that if Ted Cruz came out tomorrow to be the deciding vote on Medicare For All, and publicly stating his intent to do so, you’d scream about how Dems shouldn’t support any bill that has the support of such a scumbag. Because to you, the purity test is more important than the actual result and impact.

      And if you’re not American, then insert whatever relevant politician and issue would be comparable to your county. The point still stands.

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        This is the best reply to some smug fart-sniffing “oh THAT’s why you etc etc but WHY NOT OTHER THINGS?!” bullshit I’ve ever read.

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        I’m a full time activist actually lol, ive been protesting with picket signs for years around the country , how about you?

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          I travel the country doing woke anti-racist training in blue states, and based anti-reverse racism training in red states.

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        Their points are still valid, being smug doesn’t erase that. And your being an aggressive cunt about it doesn’t further the conversation, it just entrenches people.

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          So being a smug self-important douche doesn’t entrench people, but calling out their smugness in a manner that you deem too aggressive does?

          Got it.

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            Pretty sure I recognized their smugness, but sure i f you want you’re both divisive.

            Learn from it or don’t.

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            You’re an internet poet. I want you there whenever I read these bullshit grandstanding keyboard activist posts.

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          Glancing at your comment history makes it pretty obvious that typing out angry comments is the only respite you have from a life where you feel worthless and lack the ability to take control enough to get out of your pit of despair.

          Normally, I’d take pity, but I genuinely think the world will get slightly better when you finally stroke out while hammering out yet another mean spirited and pointless comment that adds nothing of value, just like you.

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      Have fun purchasing ethical power, food, textiles and electronics unless you’re already rich working at a non fortune-500 company lol.

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        Fortune 500 employees are some of the worst paid and most exploited. See Amazon, Walmart, etc. Even at the white collar level they get paid shit. The old “work for a Fortune 100” bit hasn’t been relevant since the dot-com boom.

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            Top level devs at Amazon would get paid that anywhere. They aren’t competing for a spot at Amazon, Amazon is competing for them.

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                How? People used to dream of working for a Fortune 100 company because landing one of those coveted jobs was a way to secure a well paying job with a nice pension. Those days are gone. Now you either make yourself priceless so that everyone is competing for your skills, or you work for a small firm that values your existence and sees you as part of the team. In a large company, with very few exceptions, you are just a disposable cog in the machine.

                For context, I know a lot of developers that worked for Amazon. They all left. The mythological $1M devs are paid that to make sure the competition doesn’t have them. They aren’t employees, they are IP.

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                  I think it’s very role dependent. I’ve worked for all sizes of companies and there are shit jobs and shit managers in all of them just as much as good ones.

                  It’s a little facile to say all those people are disposable cogs, promotions are achievable, new business units, stock options, health insurance etc etc

                  Landing a job in a top company still does your CV some good.

                  If you want security and a good pension, then the public sector is probably a better fit.

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          Very nice! I try to be as green as possible. Being poor contributes to that more than anything else lol.

          Can’t even remember the last time I’ve had a classic slab of red meat that wasn’t ground already lol. Chicken is so much cheaper. I’m happy to report that dairy will be carbon neutral in the USA by 2050 too. Not separating calves from mom is becoming more and more popular too!

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      Those all impact others. Nobody gives a shit about others. This impacts them, which is the only thing that matters to pretty much everyone. Look out for #1.

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      It was those things for me, I cancelled Prime years ago and never buy from Amazon (I will browse however and reach out to the seller via their own website)