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

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

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

Brand loyalty is a parasocial relationship.

[paranormal_distribution@fosstodon.org]

@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

[darkasvim@fosstodon.org]

@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.

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@paranormal_distribution both are true ‍

[nuwagaba2@mastodon.social]

@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?

[alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space]

@alice

Time for all the corporations to be broken up

[xinit@mastodon.coffee]

@alice
Unilever really GETS me, though.

[darkasvim@fosstodon.org]

@nuwagaba2 Maybe in normal countries but here in Trumpistan corporations pay little taxes.

[nuwagaba2@mastodon.social]

@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?

[sarahquartz@lamp.leemoon.network]

@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.

[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...)