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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Thats actually a great idea! :) can you give any advice or provide helpful resources for others to follow your lead?
Oh sure!
It's not like I did it overnight and nothing went into the garbage--I slowly gave everything away as I replaced it. I realized one day that it was stupid to use plastics, especially with all the talk about microplastics and the fact that you can't heat in plastic. Since then, began to acquire new spatulas, spoons for stirring, and such, and then focused on food storage. Although I still have some ZipLoc bags around, I rarely use them (and reuse the ones that are not contaminated in some way). Instead, I went with some glassware--the bases are glass but the tops are silicon. I found them on Cyber Monday one day and jumped on it:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09KCL4ZC1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
These do all the things I need and come in all sorts of sizes. Can go into the freezer and microwave as well as the dishwasher. I highly recommend!
As before, I still do have some plastic. This is a philosophy rather than a religion for me. My goal is to reduce the amount I intake/use as much as possible.