Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations.

[cr0w@infosec.exchange]

@alice All Corporations Are Bullshit

[kallisti@infosec.exchange]

@alice

"Good" corporations?

With a cop, I guess if they're nice and seem somewhat anti-authoritarian, I understand why one would make that faulty assumption.

But how in the world could one ever mistake a corporation for "good"?

[darkasvim@fosstodon.org]

@nuwagaba2 It's like that here too, but corporations have many of the same rights as individuals as far as being able to make political donations and using their vast amounts of money to influence our elected officials.

[mikestok@mstdn.ca]

@Darkasvim @alice @mralancooper maybe they should exist, but be dissolved when their short term goal is achieved.

[linuxandyarn@hachyderm.io]

@kallisti @alice There are definitely corporations that are "best of a bad lot," like Costco (pays employees well and gives decent healthcare) among big box stores and the various cosmetics companies that practice ethical sourcing and don't do animal testing. You know, the ones that are actually doing the bare minimum that every corporation should if they're allowed to exist at all.

[matty@blahaj.zone]

@sarahquartz@lamp.leemoon.network You aren't the only one and I'm glad I am not alone. They're so parasocial with Gabe is so ridiculous, he doesn't even know them

@alice@lgbtqia.space

[xenophora@mastodon.art]

@xinit @alice

Blue Bunny for me because there's nothing more patriotic than constant danger of hospital-worthy gastric distress!!

[flesh@transfem.social]

@alice@lgbtqia.space Fuck Valve.

[nuwagaba2@mastodon.social]

@Darkasvim
Cool. A new system is still needed as the old one has failed. Can I share with you about my project?

[kitkat_blue@mastodon.social]

@alice

that's because corps value ethics and morality only in the context of profit.

this is by design.

(nice how the same acronym works for both of them too isn't it? Dovetails nicely cause, yk, one enables and protects the other, and all...)

[sinvega@mas.to]

@alice loyalty is for beings with souls, not fucking businesses

[aprazeth@mstdn.social]

@alice

We call their fans/enablers corpo's for plural and corpo for singular, right?

I get that it can be hard, due to nostalgia and what not to step out of those parasocial relationships. Yet you should

Because they didn't get there by playing fair all the way, and all the time. None have, none will.

[meaningfulbits@mastodon.social]

@MikeStok @Darkasvim @alice @mralancooper sorry our short term goal is infinite growth at all costs... /s

[hnapel@mastodon.social]

@alice

I doubt some coporations too.

[darkasvim@fosstodon.org]

@MeaningfulBits @MikeStok @alice @mralancooper Line must go up!

[mikestok@mstdn.ca]

@Darkasvim @MeaningfulBits @alice @mralancooper wait, aren’t you holding the graph upside down?

[jesstheunstill@infosec.exchange]

@alice Sadly "no ethical consumption..."

Sure none of them are "good", but boy howdy are there layers of bad

[cordiallychloe@tech.lgbt]

@JessTheUnstill @alice

I always think of The Good Place when having this conversation with people...

There's actually nothing truly ethical when we live in a society like ours.

[kirtai@tech.lgbt]

@alice
Publicly owned corporations are evil by default.

iirc there was a study where someone did a psychological study of corporations and concluded that all publicly owned ones are sociopaths/psychopaths.

Privately owned ones depend on the owner.

[octaviaconamore@cutie.city]

@Aprazeth @alice honestly, brand loyalty feels weird though... I don't get what's hard about using corporations and their products as yools, either suited or unsuited to your current needs (including the need to do minimum harm)

corporations are machines created to make money, and havingparasocial relationships with them is odd