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This is just blaming individual consumers for the fact that there is concentrated power that benefits from minor choices people make in mass, the kinds of choic
by tehjoker 6y ago
This is just blaming individual consumers for the fact that there is concentrated power that benefits from minor choices people make in mass, the kinds of choices that are easily manipulable by adding or removing friction to various choices.
We don't have strong enough democratic social and labor movements that can move the needle yet. If we abandon the individualistic frame, we begin to see the necessity of joining political groups and regularly discussing our problems and how we can try to solve them, sometimes by coordinating with coalitions of groups to increase power.
- Aunche 6y agoNobody is "blaming" individual consumers. They're just respecting their free agency. Most people who purchase from Amazon prefer it to brick and mortar stores and other e-commerce websites. Most people who work at Amazon fulfillment centers willingly accept higher expectations in exchange for better pay. You don't get to decide whether someone is being coerced or manipulated.
- tehjoker 6y agoYou're always "free" to take whatever crumbs the master drops from the table. You're also free to organize a rebellion for a better world.