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The community dedicated to boycotting the US until they stop fascism, restore full democracy and start following international law.

Americans have a moral obligation to resist Donald Trump and project 2025 at every turn.

America is a flawed democracy currently being ruled by oligarchs. Stop the backslide! Dont let America become the next Hungary.

America needs to challenge the court rulings of citizens united v. fec and shelby county v. holder, protect the media, implement independent district drawing, and the single transferable vote so they don't end up having people stay home in life-changing elections because they cannot vote for their favourite candidate.

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I cant wait to remove all the american products from my life! (lemmy.ca)

submitted 6 days ago by Sunshine to c/boycottus

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The alternatives to Intel/AMD/Nvidia, Visa/Mastercard/American Express/Discover and IOS/Android need to be more developed.

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[–] Sunshine 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I just gave you an alternative, it’s not about being perfect but to reduce our reliance on the us.

This response reeks of defending your questionable choices as you attacked others for being “hypocritical” while unironically intending to continue to buy all your games on steam.

Buying most of your games from alternatives stores is much better than only on steam. Also fyi information itch.io is also American.

Someone earlier called me out for largely using Costco instead of just farmer’s markets/local groceries/ethnic stores and I didn’t lash out at them like you did earlier.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So then you're not trying to eliminate All American companies from your existence. You just want to remove some of them. For what reason? Where is the line? Help me understand your point of view.

Also, I am not going around saying I'm eliminating all x from my life for reasons I'm unable to articulate. I mean it sounds like you want to eliminate all American companies except for the ones from the Pacific Northwest like steam and Costco. Does that mean you're supporting what Boeing has done?

[–] Sunshine 4 points 5 days ago

So then you’re not trying to eliminate All American companies from your existence. You just want to remove some of them. For what reason? Where is the line? Help me understand your point of view.

Like I said I'm planning to completely migrate away from the american stuff but it takes time to remove some of them as you need to research and adapt to the alternatives before you're comfortable enough to switch over. First you have to identify the problem before you begin to fix it. That's why I have a list of 34 american companies that are still in use that I'm whittling away at, I just got rid of Bluesky, Apple Music and Duolingo.

I mean it sounds like you want to eliminate all American companies except for the ones from the Pacific Northwest like steam and Costco. Does that mean you’re supporting what Boeing has done?

Companies in that region tend to have the best work culture but the ceos such as Gabe Newell and W. Craig Jelinek are still paid way too much above the average worker. Valve and Costco are definitely last on the chopping block due to their good reputations. The goal is to use GOG more and visit Farmer's markets more often before I ditch the last 2 companies based in Washington.

Does that mean you’re supporting what Boeing has done?

That is an example of whatboutism. No, that's why I prefer Airbus because they have a better track record. The commercial aircraft manufacturing sector needs more competition that's for sure.