Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations.
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Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations.
Brand loyalty is a parasocial relationship.
@alice 100% Corporations are not people. They do not have rights. They should be politically neutral. We shouldn't have to practice social activism based upon where we buy plywood.
Honestly corporations shouldn't exist at all.
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@alice At first I read the last sentence as "a parasitic relationship" and I was like yeah that sounds about right
But also yes, all of this
@paranormal_distribution both are true
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@alice 100% Corporations are not people. They do not have rights. They should be politically neutral. We shouldn't have to practice social activism based upon where we buy plywood.
Honestly corporations shouldn't exist at all.
@Darkasvim
The governments benefit more from corporations than anyone else because the governments get huge taxes from those corporations and on addition to that the employees in those corporations are also taxed by the government. If the corporations are not to exist, would the governments allow that to happen? -
Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations.
Brand loyalty is a parasocial relationship.
Time for all the corporations to be broken up
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Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations.
Brand loyalty is a parasocial relationship.
@alice
Unilever really GETS me, though. -
@Darkasvim
The governments benefit more from corporations than anyone else because the governments get huge taxes from those corporations and on addition to that the employees in those corporations are also taxed by the government. If the corporations are not to exist, would the governments allow that to happen?@nuwagaba2 Maybe in normal countries but here in Trumpistan corporations pay little taxes.
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@nuwagaba2 Maybe in normal countries but here in Trumpistan corporations pay little taxes.
@Darkasvim
That's right. Corporations. Might pay less taxes but the employees within them are the ones who carry the heaviest tax burden . That's how it works in my own country. How will inequality be reduced if the ones with the biggest amounts of money pay less in taxes than those with small amounts? -
Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations.
Brand loyalty is a parasocial relationship.
@alice@lgbtqia.space i feel like the so called "linux crowd" has fallen victim to that towards Valve, the fanatism is so strange its almost religious.
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Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations.
Brand loyalty is a parasocial relationship.
@alice All Corporations Are Bullshit
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Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations.
Brand loyalty is a parasocial relationship.
"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"?
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@Darkasvim
That's right. Corporations. Might pay less taxes but the employees within them are the ones who carry the heaviest tax burden . That's how it works in my own country. How will inequality be reduced if the ones with the biggest amounts of money pay less in taxes than those with small amounts?@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.
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@alice 100% Corporations are not people. They do not have rights. They should be politically neutral. We shouldn't have to practice social activism based upon where we buy plywood.
Honestly corporations shouldn't exist at all.
@Darkasvim @alice @mralancooper maybe they should exist, but be dissolved when their short term goal is achieved.
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"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"?
@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.
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@alice@lgbtqia.space i feel like the so called "linux crowd" has fallen victim to that towards Valve, the fanatism is so strange its almost religious.
@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

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@alice
Unilever really GETS me, though. -
Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations.
Brand loyalty is a parasocial relationship.
@alice@lgbtqia.space Fuck Valve.
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@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.
@Darkasvim
Cool. A new system is still needed as the old one has failed. Can I share with you about my project? -
Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations.
Brand loyalty is a parasocial relationship.
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...)
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Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations.
Brand loyalty is a parasocial relationship.
@alice loyalty is for beings with souls, not fucking businesses
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Much like ACAB, even "good" corporations are still fucking corporations.
Brand loyalty is a parasocial relationship.
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.
