Anti-Corporate Movement
This community is the first one on lemmy of its kind. It sits between the idea of anarchism/anti-capitalism and left leaning economic policy.
Our goal is to make people aware of the dangers of corporate control, its influence on governments and people as well as the small but steady abrasion of empathy around the world indirectly caused by it.
Current topics this includes but is not limited to:
- Meta's entry into the fediverse
- Game companies putting gambling mechanics in childrens games
- Embracer groups buyout and closing of smaller game studios
- IP trolls destroying small companies and keeping progress back for profit
Feel free to debate this but beware, corporate rhetoric is not welcome here. If you have arguments, bring them on. If its rhetoric trying to defend the evil actions of corporations, we will know and you will go.
Our declared goal so far is to have all companies and individuals worldwide capped at 999 mil USD in all assets, including ownership of other companies, sister companies and marital assets. The reason for this is that companies (and individuals) are not supposed to resemble small(?) countries with a single leader(-board) and shareholder primacy. Thats why we feel like they must be kept in check indefinitely.
But companies will just wander off The argument that large companies will just wander off is valid, which we embrace. We dont need microsoft, apple, google, amazon and other trillion dollar companies. There are small competitors being kept small and driven into brankruptcy by anti competitive behavior of these giants or simply bought up and closed. If starbucks left tomorrow, we would not have an issue with this.
But then we have x little microsofts that all belong to the same person(s) If in fact nobody was allowed to accumulate more than 999 mil in assets, they would not be able to own all these. And like defending agains burglary, it is not about complete defence but time and effort. You only have to keep the thief occupied long enough for them to be caught, give up or make a mistake.
But these giants have tons of IP which would then limit our growth Thats another topic we must touch on. We will (only this one time) take a page out of russias playbook and demand that IP of non complying companies (assets over 999 mil USD) will be declared invalid, which opens them up to be copied.
But then they will "live" in one country that doesnt accept this Correct, and they should be taken into custody the moment they enter the airspace of a country that supports this act.
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Wood working first, then 3D printing what I cant make with wood (or printing stuff instead of buying from another country). PLA isnt great, but undeniably better than ABS and other petroleum plastic for most applications. And you can avoid fossil fuel guzzling shipping by air/cargo ship by producing locally
Also finding trying to find activities that aren't consumerism based. Hiking, gardening, reading etc. are good examples
Awesome comment! Thank you for sharing this! I really like how everyone seems to just have these insanely great habits and shares them with others willingly. An example that there are in fact sane people out there.
Next you'll be making pottery from dirt harvested from your backyard in a kiln made from dirt in your backyard. Then you'll make forge from the same dirt and start working scrap metal you find around town
Edit: I replied to the wrong thread but it still kinda works
I know that if I dig two feet down I have clay. I need to dig a pod for my geese and ducks. It's only a matter of time before I try to build a kiln and make my own plates. But I also want to make bread and pizza and I want my kiln to do both bread and ceramic even though I know that it will be a completely wasted effort and I need two separate ovens.