• Dr. Moose@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Cancelled a bunch of subscriptions after trump support for Ukraine. Seems like the only language americans understand is 💸

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      4 days ago

      You mean, we, the US, are no longer their allies.

      Allies don’t wage trade wars against each other. Allies don’t threaten to invade you.

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      4 days ago

      The truth always comes out eventually.

      Yea, your comment history reveals you to be a twat.

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        4 days ago

        You can call me names. If their population’s intention is to harm us economically then maybe they aren’t great allies?

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          It was meant to be descriptive

          Twat: a stupid or annoying person

          Their populations intentions are to

          1. not to support an overtly fascist regime
          2. applying tit for tat as a game theoretic approach to US bullying

          However, the US has never been a great ally for anyone else. Historically they abandon nations whose use for them has expired. Economically and strategically they treat their so called allies as subjects, now even more so than before.

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            4 days ago

            Just own it. Stop pretending that engaging in bullying insulting behavior is somehow different because YOU did it. You’re a bully and it’s ok, I’ve met a lot of bullies and you won’t be the last. You hate anyone that disagrees with you but i don’t hate you.

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              3 days ago

              I am not a bully for insulting you, unless you mean the archaic usage of bully:

              a fine chap

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                3 days ago

                Just own it. If you insult and degrade others for having a different opinion than you yes, you are a bully. It’s ok. Your hate is making you powerful.

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                  3 days ago

                  Lol okay. I do not really care if I insult people whose opinions I do not respect.

  • humourme@lemmy.ca
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    5 days ago

    can you imagine if the movement that we are experiencing in canada takes place all over europe? that would be huge

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      5 days ago

      I think it will. China has announced sanctions on particular US companies. I’d like to see more of that on Trump-positive businesses.

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    5 days ago

    Gotten rid of nearly every US digital service I have. Physical stuff I will still probably roll with my Apple devices until they wear out since they’re relatively new, but almost all the data and apps are basically European and/or open source services. Work related stuff remains the challenge. Next phone will be HMD.

  • takeiteasypolicy@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    the biggest US exports are its software products. Until the time we have a way to avoid Google, Reddit, Meta, Microsoft, ChatGPT etc, we aren’t boycotting anything meaningful.

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      5 days ago

      “Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good”. With changing our grocery and household purchases, cancelling Amazon and Netflix, and looking for alternatives to U.S. products, we are all doing the best we can, and I do believe it will make a difference.

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      5 days ago

      I’m on a now almost full boycott personally but my new Danish employer provides their employees with the newest iPhone (only phone you can choose… I tried to get another), American laptops, and uses Microsoft for everything including cloud. It’s the companies that need to start thinking and adapting. I aaked them “you know that all of our data is held by Trump-led USA, right?” And they just say “yea, but it is what it is”.

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    5 days ago

    As always: the power of the working class resides in work. Organize your workplace. It doesn’t matter whether you stop buying cola, real impact will come if your workplace stops buying the overpriced 100k€ machine imported from the US tech sector. THAT’S where you really hurt them. Consumer expenditure is a minuscule amount of relevant key US exports.

    Organize your workplace, join a union and create a local branch. Join an existing revolutionary socialist party. Create mutual aid networks in your neighbourhoods.

  • Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 days ago

    Support your local breweries and buy their sodas and not coca cola <3 I do this and ngl Oettinger cola-mix and Riegele Spezi are amazing