It’s too hard to change anything, but only if it’s progressive policies. Fascist policies can be implemented immediately.
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HighFructoseLowStand@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
It’s almost impressive how quickly the whole of the business world capitulated to Donald Trump.
samus12345@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
TheEntity@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It’s too hard to change anything if one believes in laws, rules and the general idea of a fair justice. They don’t have this limitation.
PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Well. Being a bigoted asshole is easy.
Actually being inclusive and nice to people takes effort.
Sizing2673@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
This is what’s fucking shitty about this
Every company and every politician and every person who bends over so willingly IS THE PROBLEM
It’s like they announce their regime and these idiots roll out the red carpets immediately ready be the first company to suck the government off
If they all stood their ground, it would buy more time
menemen@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
They didn’t capitulate. They never fought. They just did what was the best shot at earning money and gaining ground at the time.
Don’t ever expect moral based behavior in capitalism or geopolitics.
FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
They didn’t capitulate. They were mostly faking it all along, friend. It made for good profit at the time and to get good Blackrock or Vanguard investment money. This is why despite putting rainbows in X, or FB, or YT, or LinkedIn profiles in the USA or in some Western countries, no company ever did that in any profile outside the West. It was all for show… and money. If they actually believe it they would have done so across the board. Yet they didn’t. They were just hoping most people wouldn’t notice. Many did. There was a meme RE: this floating around from years ago, too.
darthelmet@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It’s almost like their support for these issues was never genuine to begin with.
FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
Exactly. :-/
Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Was yours? Commenting online isn’t exactly fighting the good fight. Did you do anything to help shore up and defend anything.
SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
What are you doing? Why are you swinging on someone clearly with you?
brysmi@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Gosh, Melvin, what a hero you are.
LinyosT@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
Fuckin’ Melvin
Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
You too
Zomg@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Read your comment back to yourself.
Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
And did I do anything
darthelmet@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’m not talking about personal actions. I personally believe in equality and I wish I could do more about that even if there are all sorts of personal reasons that’s difficult for me.
Corporations don’t believe anything. They’re just profit optimizing machines. They were doing rainbow capitalism when they thought it would be more profitable and now that they think the opposite is more profitable, they’ll do that. It’s as simple as that and hoping corporations would be allies in a fight for equality was always based on a misunderstanding about power.
It’s not like corporations don’t have power that can resist government action. Look at how effectively they’ve evaded taxes and regulations. The big international ones can threaten to take their ball and leave if they don’t like a country’s policies. And that’s when they don’t just bribe politicians to change them.
The workers at those companies are people though. Labor organizing was always going to be necessary to build up power for change. Not saying it’s easy and I can’t fault someone for worrying about losing their job, but if resistance was going to happen anywhere that’s where it would be. Not in boardrooms or alone in a booth.
But there’s the difference. It’s one thing to have convictions but not the means or courage to act on them. It’s another thing to have power, but lack convictions beyond whatever is currently convenient. The former could overcome those obstacles given the right circumstances. The latter never will.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
Commenting online is fighting the good fight. Online sentiment is shifted by commenting online and online sentiment plays a huge role in influencing the acceptable opinions.