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rainy

(6,226 posts)
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 10:47 AM Thursday

Money decides our elections. So, we need to make the corporations hurt that buy elections. Then we need to get

money out of our politics. It will keep getting harder and harder to win unless we DO SOMETHING!

How do we make those corporations hurt????

I feel like boycotts have worked before.

We can turn off the news, which I think a huge majority of us have already done.

We can tell the truth far and wide.

Use Art to message truth: posters, films, pop-up staged performances. Post truth on right wing sites.



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Money decides our elections. So, we need to make the corporations hurt that buy elections. Then we need to get (Original Post) rainy Thursday OP
It'll never happen. You'll never get Democrats to go along with it.There are dems still watching joe and mika Fullduplexxx Thursday #1
The corporations are so big that boycotts don't work like they did in the past. CrispyQ Thursday #2
In Citizens United, the Supreme Court decided that money is speech.....the more money, the bigger your megaphone. surfered Thursday #3
There is a list of donors to trumps campaign out there babsbunny Thursday #4
Good Luck DSandra Thursday #5

Fullduplexxx

(8,338 posts)
1. It'll never happen. You'll never get Democrats to go along with it.There are dems still watching joe and mika
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 10:51 AM
Thursday

And some are still on shitter. everyone has an excuse why they can't do without whatever it is you want them to do with out

CrispyQ

(38,453 posts)
2. The corporations are so big that boycotts don't work like they did in the past.
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 11:02 AM
Thursday

When 10 corpos own 90% of all food products made in America what do you do? Same with cars & appliances & cellular service. The corpos are so big that if they piss you off they know that their competitor has also pissed one of their customer's off, so like dance partners, they just switch them around.

Corporate rule is where we're headed. Our electoral process is an obscene, corrupt mess.

surfered

(3,505 posts)
3. In Citizens United, the Supreme Court decided that money is speech.....the more money, the bigger your megaphone.
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 11:08 AM
Thursday

We don't have equal rights.

babsbunny

(8,507 posts)
4. There is a list of donors to trumps campaign out there
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 11:17 AM
Thursday

The ones who donated huge amounts. I saw a few items I buy every week, Chobani Yogurt being one. I love their coconut yogurt, I eat 4 a day. I will no longer buy it, even though I love it so much! I emailed them and told them all about my decision too. The other item is Miller Beer. It's easy to switch beers, so no big deal. Many companies I know are ok with supporting trump and project 2025, I will no longer buy from them!

DSandra

(1,285 posts)
5. Good Luck
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 11:26 AM
Thursday

Big corporations are usually global or have other businesses as customers or get government contracts. Even then, many have essentially monopoly or oligopolic control on markets. In addition, in many industries, just three groups own a significant portion of their shares: Blackrock, Vanguard, and State Street (who have more than $26 trillion of assets under management.). Punish one corporation by buying from another? No sweat if the other corporation is also partly owned by them.

Corporate Capitalism has figured out how to be able to ignore you as much as possible. We the people should never have allowed them to get god-like powers.

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