*Company makes my life worse through their product*

[kouhai@social.treehouse.systems]

context for those who don’t know: I’m one of the local instance ops

[laprice@beige.party]

@mcc government and punishment.

And yes; I too wish we had better options.

[brotherpsyche@mastodon.social]

@mcc ask luigi

[virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca]

@mcc Damn Margaret Thatcher, may she be rotting in Hell.

[muddle@infosec.exchange]

@mcc blow up the palm oil pipeline?

[ygor@floss.social]

@mcc That's why @pluralistic says voting with your wallet is not very effective. We gotta organize.

Pluralistic: Wallet voting (13 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

(pluralistic.net)

[pipanella@mastodon.social]

@mcc Niin, miten voi boikotoida mm. muovin ftalaatteja hengitysilmassa ja pohjavesissä, vesistöissä, kaloissa, kasveissa.

[crazyeddie@mastodon.social]

@mcc Like this

[n33r@fops.cloud]

@mcc Molotov cocktail

[dragonfi@social.jsteuernagel.de]

@4censord @mcc How do I make them want to?

[dragonfi@social.jsteuernagel.de]

@crazyeddie @mcc Oh, I like this. How do I get started?

[dragonfi@social.jsteuernagel.de]

@whitequark @mcc You read ToS?

[whitequark@social.treehouse.systems]

@dragonfi @mcc always

[4censord@unfug.social]

@dragonfi @mcc Direct action (or terrorism)

[darkling@mstdn.social]

@mcc Loudly.

[arclight@oldbytes.space]

@mcc Disrupt their water, sewer, electricity, gas, and networking. Ideally legally. Definitely anonymously.

[mpirnat@mas.to]

@mcc @bitprophet Take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing, something something?

[viq@social.hackerspace.pl]

@miss_rodent
Yeah, pitchforks have a great and noble tradition...
@mcc

[vepr_jako_pepr@mastodon.social]

@mcc participating in economy with people you deem more sensible

[kaffeeringe@social.tchncs.de]

@ygor @mcc Yes. There are three spheres of morality in the economy: consumer ethics, government regulations, and corporate ethics.

As @pluralistic already wrote, as a consumer, you only get so far. You depend on a government that tries to establish rules for a fair economy and on companies that not only adhere to these rules but also want to act ethically themselves and push for corresponding regulations.

But we are not just consumers-we are citizens and workers. As citizens, we can influence politics, and as workers, we can influence our employers. Money is a great organizer-that's why companies can do this. We call it lobbying. We need to organize our own lobby-without a lot of money.

Wirtschaftsethik: Das moralische Dreieck

Wo befindet sich die Ethik in der Wirtschaft? Bei den Konsumenten oder sind die egoistisch? Bei den Unternehmen oder sollten die nur Geld verdienen? Beim

kaffeeringe.de (kaffeeringe.de)