Yeah! Also WHAT FUCKING MONEY DO YOU THINK THEY CAN SPEND?
Goods Unite Us is a free app that tells you which political party companies donate to
This app still has Sears in it. No way is it properly maintained.
Sears still exists. I only know because I somehow got spam from them a couple of days ago.
They lump Sears in with Lands End, which they spun off over a decade ago. So even though it may still exist, no way is it accurate.
Sears is still in business though i doubt it’s campaign donations amount to much
I prefer the no thanks app
I tried this out by searching for Amazon, and if this website was all you knew, you’d come away thinking it was a rather left leaning company, with a donation distribution of 68% Democrat and 32% Republican. That may or may not be true, but it ignores all of the hostile working conditions and anti-union behavior they are responsible for.
Just saying, don’t rely solely on this app for evaluating companies.
Not to mention Bezos lining up for the Broligarchy
Yep. Dropped amazon for their support of the orange waste of space
Dumped Amazon in November for Costco or local retailers. We are saving literally hundreds a month for slightly less convenience. Wish we had done it years ago. Highly recommended.
Yeah, Costco is great. One of the few places I don’t feel bad shopping at here in a red state.
I put the distilled and brewed booze(alcohol), from the red states, back on the shelf. Yeah, I read the labels or find out where stuff is produced.
Ideally also don’t take vacations in red states.
You may want to consider any lvmh brands. Which is hard, but doable.
How much faster we could’ve change the world if we only were as smart as these Americans and stopped shopping at certain stores.
What a revolutionary act that will destroy fascism in no time!Besides, Americans will do this for a week and then feel it is too much effort.
Or when they get a good deal on a vat of Coke.partner and I have been gradually modifying our consumption habits to favor what we see as more ethical models such as pro-labor entities & environmentally-minded ones
I avoid Target because they bailed on trans people. I should get rid of Amazon, now that I think about it.
I finally got a different credit card to use outside of my Amazon Prime card because all that did was encourage me to have a prime subscription and buy shit on amazon…so “I’m doing my part” I guess.
I also canceled Prime and wrote something that would crack up whomever read it (presuming anyone actually reads those things).
Care to share? I’m pretty sure most of us like to laugh.
I didn’t save it but it asked when I’d consider resubscribing and I answered something like when Bezos changes his whole worldview, stopped cozying up to fascists, made his newspaper a nonprofit, and stopped forcing his employees to pee in bottles…so never.
Kudos for supporting trans people and you should absolutely get rid of Amazon who’s responsible for union busting and dangerous labor practices that have resulted in the death of their employees.
When it’s the people you love, you sorta get angry that someone’s trying to hurt them. Go figure.
We cancelled Amazon Prime, and I won’t buy on their platform anymore. I bought something off Ebay, and sure enough it came from Amazon anyway. I guess they either dropped shipped or they fulfill their orders. I’ve bought a few things straight from the company and the price was the same. Shipping took a little longer, but I’ll gladly wait if means not supporting these companies that grovel to dictators.
I bought something off Ebay, and sure enough it came from Amazon anyway. I guess they either dropped shipped or they fulfill their orders.
Argh, this drives me crazy! I went to ebay and was willing to pay more to avoid Amazon, but the stuff comes from Amazon anyway. I’m pretty sure this is just 3rd-party sellers drop-shipping stuff. I don’t believe ebay sells anything themselves.
Anyway, I finally figured out that anything being sold new on ebay with only stock photos for a higher price than amazon has a very high likelihood of being cross-shipped from amazon and the seller is pocketing the difference (minus ebay fees?). Either look for non-stock photos, prices less than 5-10% higher than Amazon, or ideally both to avoid this.
A couple of times that I fell for this I made it a point to return the products for a refund. I didn’t give the sellers a negative review because I figured that it’s just some poor slob trying to eek out a living, but I came close.
Buying direct also gives those companies a higher profit margin; meaning they have the opportunity to expand, or better pay their employees (whether or not they do, is a seperate matter).
I jumped off Amazon and am now using Target. Target tried, but took so much backlash they took a step back.
cklash they took a step back.
I think target will re-engage, but they’re not going to do it until the people do it.
You can’t expect them to put up a good fight to their own detrement when we are hardly in the streets.
Not everyone can be Costco.
Please if you have the opportunity to start buying from small businesses. It may be a bit more inconvenient and probably a bit more expensive but it is a great way to help out your neighbor.
Additionally the money you spend locally usually stays local and not go to a CEO or Chairman of the board that really doesn’t need another vacation home in Italy or Aspen.
I struggle with this narrative, because it’s just not that simple. This is pretty much just something that small business owners like to say to guilt people into buying their stuff. Small businesses still need to compete on price and quality.
Large retailers still employ local people, and your pension fund probably owns shares in them, or you can buy shares directly yourself.
Some small local retailers have very shady employment practices. I don’t think employees are necessarily paid or treated better in small businesses. Some might be great, others are terrible.
Having said that, buying locally produced seasonal food directly from growers makes a lot of sense. Fresher, more nutritious, fewer food miles, less middle men.
Basically, local Butcher baker and green grocer.
Your logic only makes sense if you completely ignore we’re in the middle of a class war…
It really is that simple. Sure the big box stores hire local but the money doesn’t stay local if there are no smaller shops. Their paychecks go to other large corporations that have their big box stores in the area. So no money actually helps the businesses but instead just enriches a small group of people that really don’t give a shit about the people of the town.
This isn’t a guilt trip to get you to buy local, this is the truth. It’s been happening since the 80’s starting with Walmart.
Small business can’t compete on price but a good business will compete and win on quality. It means that their products will be more expensive and I get that some people will not be able to afford it. But for those people that have the means its a win-win for the business and the consumer.
Some small businesses have shady employment practices, so do large corporations and every sized business in between. This isn’t a good argument not to try to buy more locally, but it is a good argument for better labor laws.
Basically, local Butcher baker and green grocer.
So local butcher’s, bakers and green grocers somehow get a pass on possibly having shady employment practices?
Aren’t you advocating then that people are taking from the pension plans of large grocery stores by buying local ?
Settle down mate.
I don’t think you really understand pension plans.
When you shop at a large conglomerate store, the profit goes to shareholders. Most people are shareholders.
A small business owner is just as likely to spend the profit on an overseas holiday.
The idea that buying local helps your local economy is reductive, and doesn’t bear scrutiny. The only reason it’s a popular idea is that local business owners like to say it.
Most people are shareholders.
This doesn’t play out in the data. Analysis of the Fed data found that the lion’s share of these gains went to the richest 1 percent. This elite group owns 54 percent of public equity markets, up from 40 percent in 2002.
Most people that work these in these large big box shops are not making enough to invest significantly in the stock market. Who are are the owners of these big box stores.
Also this idea all small business owners are some large conglomerate of self-righteous all for me fuck you doesn’t play out over the larger population. Sure some people are but you are also making sound bad that someone that was successful with their small business shouldn’t travel?
What do you think the owners of these large companies like target and walmart are doing with their profit? Not all of that is going to pension plans.
Also, this idea that big conglomerate stores are some how the savior of the free market is a weird hill to die on.
Do you mean to tell me that wealthy people own most things? I’m shocked!
I didn’t say mum and dad own Walmart. My point us simply that the “buy local” catch cry of small business owners isn’t as simple as you’re making out.
Again, I didn’t say small business owners aren’t allowed to go overseas. Merely that there’s no guarantee that buying local means your money stays local.
I don’t know about your area, but my local small businesses are disproportionately right-wing. Target’s trying to appease the government from fucking them with a red hot poker by quieting down DEI, The body shop near it has trump signs all over their building.
Hell, even local minority-owned shops aren’t a sure bet.
Honestly, I don’t want to buy anything at all anymore because I don’t know which of the lot voted for Trump
In response to the executive orders, the activist and Baptist minister Rev Al Sharpton announced in January that a council with his organization, the National Action Network, would conduct a study on companies that are ending their DEI policies. By May, the council will select two companies to focus on. Sharpton and his organization will then publicly scrutinize the companies for backing away from their DEI goals.
“Donald Trump can’t make us buy your stuff. The Senate can’t make us buy your stuff,” Sharpton said at a speech last month. “In the name of Dr [Martin Luther King Jr], we’re going to do what King did.”
This is my huge takeaway from this entire article. Another opportunity has risen for Sharpton to run his big fat mouth and be the two-faced individual that he is. He’s not here because he legitimately cares about the DEI programs, he’s here because he knows he can be racist himself in a subtle matter against white people, as he has long been for years.
The irony.
What is racist about what you quoted? Help me understand.
Al Sharpton is a racist. Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X he is not.
You cannot advocate for the rights of your own race while turning around and taking opportunities to speak in public forums about how bad you think the white man is. Can’t have it both ways.
Oh, we got some people who don’t think so?
Here’s proof: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-106hconres289ih/html/BILLS-106hconres289ih.htm
Now try and tell me he isn’t a racist. I’ll take downvotes as admission of guilt.
Linking a ten year old article about someone to judge what their doing now seems a bit off. If he’s such a racist is there any proof that isn’t a decade old?
Yeah you guys can play the selective game all you want. It’s hypocritcal that you’re the same people who probably cancel others for years old twitter statuses, but because a black man said racial things, then it’s a different outcome? Where’s the consistency?
Wow, right to making assumptions to justify yourself. Assuming I am for cancelling people at all (I’m not, it’s stupid), and assuming I don’t want to cancel him because he’s black (who cares about race like this, it’s telling that is the first thing you jumped to though).
Is this how you from opinions and world views? Just strong baseless assumptions then accusations based on those assumptions, really?
You messed up your links, but I went and looked up the URLs anyway. It was pretty weak sauce. Undated descriptions of events and some short, undated, out of context quotes.
I’m going to go ahead and assume most of the quotes were from a long time ago. People evolve, and we should let them. Malcolm X did too, before he was assassinated. I’ve seen a lot of evidence that Sharpton isn’t racist based on his recent appearances, but not much evidence to indicate he is, and of what I’ve seen here, it was probably from a long time ago since all the references are devoid of context.
Oh so we’re in an age where we shame people for 10+ year old twitter statuses and cancel them. But because a black guy said some things then you decide it’s undated? Double standards, much?
Dude, I don’t give a shit about your crusade or Al Sharpton. Your links were weak and now you’re mad that one of the few people who actually took the time to read and comment on them wasn’t cornered into sharing your opinion. Sorry. It’s like the 10,000th most important priority right now. Maybe take a look around.
Sharpton might have a history of putting his foot in his mouth on occasion but your accusation of anti-white racism seems to be a bit much.
Yeah be selective.
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My wife and I have been boycotting Target which is a really a bummer because we were going to use target to boycott Amazon. We were doing really well about not buying from either until we needed clothing quickly. So we ended up doing Amazon because we could get it fast and knew what they had. I guess you have to just make a choice and nothing is going to be perfect.
Its so hard to avoid because most stores don’t have any inventory. So you can go to a store to grab your clothes and they are all sold out so you just buy them online after wasting your time. This is especially true for basic items.
It’s not fast, but you could try Ebay if a Goodwill isn’t stocked enough for you
I used to use eBay a lot when I was younger. I haven’t used it in a while though. Not a bad idea
Doesn’t Elon Musk still benefit directly from Ebay?
Nope. No ownership in Ebay nor PayPal.
“Since then, Elon Musk has had no part in PayPal’s ownership. However, he does still hold a sizeable amount of stock in the company. He has sold off a large portion of it over the years, but as of 2021 he still owns over $10 billion of PayPal stock.”
https://www.ceoinfluencers.com/is-paypal-still-owned-by-elon-musk/
I’ve never heard of “ceoinfluencers.com”, however all the other articles I’ve searched say he no longer has ANY stake in PayPal nor Ebay. https://www.fool.com/investing/how-to-invest/famous-investors/elon-musk-investments/ "he no longer has a stake in PayPal, although he owned shares before the company was acquired by eBay "
Not sure, but this thread is speedrunning why there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism.
I’ve been having good luck with Mercari. It’s an online flea market where individuals sell their stuff. It helps that I dress boring and know my size in a few specific brands/items.
I guess you have to just make a choice and nothing is going to be perfect.
No ethical consumption under capitalism. Just do what you can.
Yes indeed.
I watched The Good Place. I learned important lessons
Dumples figured it out? Dumples? This is a real low point. Yeah, this one hurts.
Tesla swasticar sales 📉🔥
Me too. But mostly because I’m poor and can only afford food and rent. For now.
