<![CDATA[Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations.]]>Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations.

Brand loyalty is a parasocial relationship.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/92c1eae7-b898-439a-a3d8-990fd1b58c7e/much-like-acab-even-good-corporations-are-still-fucking-corporations.RSS for NodeWed, 08 Apr 2026 12:18:45 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2026 17:03:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:35:49 GMT]]>@Darkasvim @alice

I'll consider corporations to be people when they can be thrown in jail for their crimes.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/w_b/statuses/116341273335449474https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/w_b/statuses/116341273335449474Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:35:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:38:32 GMT]]>@alice @srtcd424 so is the loyalty to any prestigious institutions or group of people ( elitism)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/xameer/statuses/116340104419282043https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/xameer/statuses/116340104419282043Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:38:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:03:48 GMT]]>@alice @paranormal_distribution

ditto

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/saltywizard/statuses/116339731918599211https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/saltywizard/statuses/116339731918599211Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:03:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:35:26 GMT]]>@alice All Corporations Are Bastard

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shelter.moe/users/Fangh/statuses/116339620363755520https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shelter.moe/users/Fangh/statuses/116339620363755520Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:35:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:52:22 GMT]]>@Darkasvim @alice The ownership is the key problem. If companies were owned by the workers who create their value, things would certainly be different.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.antigene.org/ap/users/116025093225920796/statuses/116338979149126246https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.antigene.org/ap/users/116025093225920796/statuses/116338979149126246Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:52:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:52:06 GMT]]>@alice support small businesses and creators and buy local whenever you can!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://goingdark.social/ap/users/115857222608075799/statuses/116337798479060705https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://goingdark.social/ap/users/115857222608075799/statuses/116337798479060705Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:52:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:51:16 GMT]]>@Aprazeth @alice "The golden retriever is still a dog."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://en.osm.town/ap/users/115702352497105111/statuses/116337559220554396https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://en.osm.town/ap/users/115702352497105111/statuses/116337559220554396Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:51:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:55:08 GMT]]>@alice remember kids, don’t anthropomorphize a balance sheet. Picking between corporations is just about harm reduction.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/derekheld/statuses/116337338494920444https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/derekheld/statuses/116337338494920444Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:55:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:39:04 GMT]]>@alice It has taken me a long time to realize I need to break some habits like saying "let me google that" or etc. It's hard to break that one in particular, yet if there is anyone who truly deserves to be broken, it's Google...

And OMG the Apple fanatics...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urusai.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116337275323673067https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urusai.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116337275323673067Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:39:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:25:37 GMT]]>@OctaviaConAmore
For most people is not the corporation they develop that with - it is with their products. Especially nostalgia.

The brand and type of cookies wr got when visiting our friends/family when we were a kid. The instant noodles that were the only thing people could afford during tough times, and so on.

That all said: if the only thing people can afford is corporation owned, and they need it for survival: do not feel pressured or shamed to change until safe to do so

@alice

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Aprazeth/statuses/116337222447063171https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Aprazeth/statuses/116337222447063171Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:25:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:14:10 GMT]]>@alice I'm only brand loyal when brand offers me service I like. The moment they don't I'll switch to something else or at least consider alternatives.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rejzor/statuses/116337177438273413https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rejzor/statuses/116337177438273413Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:14:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:54:44 GMT]]>@alice what I have learned that commercially driven entities no matter what are initial settings will lean towards greed, unless explicitly said otherwise.
Thus there can be no loyalty to something that is not a person and will change accordingly by the rules of greed and entity itself.
Greed simply generates vacuum of responsibility and empathy within organisation, and justifies and amplifies worst instincts of people of sociopathic nature.
Only exception is self organised workforce.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.lv/users/peteriskrisjanis/statuses/116337100986213939https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.lv/users/peteriskrisjanis/statuses/116337100986213939Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:54:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:49:01 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cutie.city/users/OctaviaConAmore/statuses/116337078505447400https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cutie.city/users/OctaviaConAmore/statuses/116337078505447400Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:49:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:10:56 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/kirtai/statuses/116336928809486138https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/kirtai/statuses/116336928809486138Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:10:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:51:28 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/CordiallyChloe/statuses/116336852239369567https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/CordiallyChloe/statuses/116336852239369567Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:51:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:45:25 GMT]]>@alice Sadly "no ethical consumption..."

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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/JessTheUnstill/statuses/116336828425821227https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/JessTheUnstill/statuses/116336828425821227Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:45:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:42:59 GMT]]>@Darkasvim @MeaningfulBits @alice @mralancooper wait, aren’t you holding the graph upside down?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/MikeStok/statuses/116336818872294682https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/MikeStok/statuses/116336818872294682Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:42:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:29:46 GMT]]>@MeaningfulBits @MikeStok @alice @mralancooper Line must go up!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/Darkasvim/statuses/116336766936857257https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/Darkasvim/statuses/116336766936857257Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:29:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:16:59 GMT]]>@alice

I doubt some coporations too.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hnapel/statuses/116336716649905649https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hnapel/statuses/116336716649905649Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:16:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:12:04 GMT]]>@MikeStok @Darkasvim @alice @mralancooper sorry our short term goal is infinite growth at all costs... /s

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/MeaningfulBits/statuses/116336697321572350https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/MeaningfulBits/statuses/116336697321572350Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:12:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:00:52 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Aprazeth/statuses/116336653287257979https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Aprazeth/statuses/116336653287257979Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:00:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:00:06 GMT]]>@alice loyalty is for beings with souls, not fucking businesses

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/sinvega/statuses/116336650234459848https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/sinvega/statuses/116336650234459848Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:00:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:55:47 GMT]]>@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...)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115736792646413589/statuses/116336633312813467https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115736792646413589/statuses/116336633312813467Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:55:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:20:07 GMT]]>@Darkasvim
Cool. A new system is still needed as the old one has failed. Can I share with you about my project?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nuwagaba2/statuses/116336493033573069https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nuwagaba2/statuses/116336493033573069Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:20:07 GMT