I have always voted progressive, never even centrist. I live in Canada, also, but yea I don’t actually make the rules but the people I vote for to make said rules don’t like Amazon either.
I have always voted progressive, never even centrist. I live in Canada, also, but yea I don’t actually make the rules but the people I vote for to make said rules don’t like Amazon either.
TronBronson@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s my only point it doesn’t matter if there’s a group of consumers boycotting them if the government doesn’t listen to those constituents. Amazon is a political problem not a consumer problem.
Soup@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Like, yes, but also consumers are the electorate and the people we elect need to represent us. We keep electing people who represent the businesses’ interests and not our own, despite alternatives, and so we have it in our heads that these things are more separate than they are. We have the control, we just refuse to use it to the point where most people have forgotten that.
TronBronson@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
For now I would just focus on that November election, a boycott is not as effective as monopoly busting and regulating. If you can organize your town and state to vote for someone competent it might be easier than asking people to boycott Amazon globally. Amazon hosts 1/3 of the internet and has government contracts. The Amazon prime subscribers are a drop in the barrel