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Pardon me for feeling icky when giving money to the guy who is obsessed with "white replacement". I am old and cynical - I have no illusions, but I also have m
by renegade-otter 6mo ago
Pardon me for feeling icky when giving money to the guy who is obsessed with "white replacement".
I am old and cynical - I have no illusions, but I also have my limits and a semblance of moral compass. We, as citizens, can vote with ballots, but also with money.
And, no, I am not someone who keeps boycotting companies for every little grievance (was on the receiving end of that nonsense twice).
- foltik 6mo agoNever used grok, never will.
- Scroll_Swe 6mo ago[flagged]
- renegade-otter 6mo ago"I know who Hugo Boss caters to but, damn, they make good threads." - Someone in the 1930s, probably.
- ReptileMan 6mo agoIf the only people openly caring about the future of Europe are the Hugo Boss fans, then all the people caring about said future will go to them. If the far right are the only people with sane immigration and asylum policies, I have no choice but to vote for them, even if I disagree with everything else they preach.
- DonHopkins 6mo agoYour racism makes you so easily manipulated.
- ReptileMan 6mo agoXenophobia. At least have the decency to accuse of the right vice
- DonHopkins 6mo agoYour pride in your bigotry makes you a terrible human being.
- ReptileMan 6mo agoFrom you that is the highest praise possible.
- DonHopkins 6mo agoMy point exactly.
- Scroll_Swe 6mo agoYes exactly. They are a leading brand to this day. I feel like you are disproving your own point? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Boss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Boss "uoooh they worked for NAZIS!!!!" okay, and? The clothes are good.
- ryandrake 6mo agoYea, Musk's open political views have, in my mind, totally tainted every brand he's part of. Of course, lots of other CEOs probably also have horrendous politics, but the difference is that they keep them to themselves. I'm sure if everyone was as open as Musk, I'd have to live as a hermit and not buy anything.
- nojonestownpls 6mo agoDo you not use any major provider's AI at all? Because the other big options are from companies actively aiding a genocide (Google), or companies clamouring to be the tools used in future war crimes (OpenAI and Anthropic - the latter only attempted to put weak muzzles on it, they're still heavily involved). Every one of them is involved in actively involved in destroying non-white people's lives and livelihoods, people just seem to not pay attention unless they're really loud about it like Elon is.
- renegade-otter 6mo agoAs I said, I have no illusions about the "morals" of corporations, especially in this post-shame world, but one has to have lines. Musk is a uniquely vile human being who seems to revel in the suffering of others. It's much different from "good business is where you find it".
- nojonestownpls 6mo agoYep, large scale murder is just "business is business", but Musk ouchied my feelings with the bad words and that's far worse - that checks out for the current US left attitude. As a non-white person, I'm far more worried about the danger and damage from openAI and Google, that is real and current. Elon sees us as inferior and isn't quiet about it like most of the rest of the powerful folks are, but "business is business" gets our families killed far more than some tweets do.