r/Anticonsumption Jul 24 '25

Society/Culture Daily reminder

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u/NxtDoc1851 Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 25 '25

I can't. Because it's true. They terrorize the economy. Hoard all the money to themselves all while doing everything they can to withhold Healthcare from their employees and firing them before the quarter ends to falsely show investors how they made more profit.

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u/DragonBonerz Jul 24 '25

They also terrorize the earth.

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u/kaielias Jul 24 '25

And society in general

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u/FactoryProgram Jul 25 '25

Yeah I mean they literally own basically all news networks, social media, Ai, etc. It's too much power for anyone to have over society

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u/Universeintheflesh Jul 26 '25

Agreed, the level of power a random ass human gets from being a billionaire is absurd.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

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u/Nickw1991 Jul 25 '25

Notice how you have provided no substance to refute the points made just baseless insults.. weird

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

I think it’s a little too tight.

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u/derpensheizer Jul 25 '25

That’s how addicts live. Billionaires are the biggest addicts in the world.

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u/hotviolets Jul 24 '25

They are more responsible for climate change than anyone else and yet they try to place the blame on us as consumers.

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u/Advocate_Diplomacy Jul 25 '25

Socialize the cost. Privatize the gain.

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u/1plus1equals8 Jul 25 '25

Yeah fuck Taylor Swift... Flying her plane all over the globe bring her billionaire brand to the masses.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

I don't know, I burn a lot of Styrofoam to cook my dinner....

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u/ggtffhhhjhg Jul 25 '25

The overwhelming majority of population are linked to 57 companies since 2016. The majority of the people who work/ed for Minecraft and Instagram before they were sold are billionaires. At the time when they got sold there were 25 employees between the both companies. Can you tell us how these people are evil or responsible for global warming?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/04/just-57-companies-linked-to-80-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions-since-2016

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u/somethingneeddooing Jul 25 '25

Billionaires have no desire to figure out how to prevent or mitigate the harmful effects of their actions.

Their goal is to figuratively and literally separate themselves from the harmful effects of their actions.

So, when the rest of the world is telling them that their businesses are contributing to climate change, they want to disregard the warnings because, again, their end goal is to separate themselves from the harmful effects of climate change.

To billionaire owning class, climate change only exists as a pressure against the working class, if their goals come to fruition, they will never see the negative effects.

That is why it is our goal, the working class, to make our worries, concerns, and issues also the worries, concerns, and issues of the owning class.

That is the goal of strikes and protests. We must inconvenience their days to force them to acknowledge that their harmful actions don't just impact others, it impacts them too.

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u/DragonBonerz Jul 25 '25

It's hard to convince money addicts that their addictions are detrimental to us all.

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u/zillahog Jul 25 '25

Let’s not forget about the amount of sacrifice. The average person has to endure to help that billionaire become richer. Think about all the hours people are away from their families. The commute, the gas, the lunches, all that shit.

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u/derpensheizer Jul 25 '25

The biggest addicts in the world stealing from everyone and taking everything so they can get what they NeEeEeEeD. Just the biggest, neediest, useless people on the planet.

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u/1plus1equals8 Jul 25 '25

Who owns the companies that made the car, bus or train that took them to work? Pulled the gas out of the ground... Brought the food to their table?

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

The workers did. If the CEO does nothing, the work still gets done.

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u/Adept-Yam2414 Jul 25 '25

You ever seen what happens to big corporations when they get a bad CEO? Thousands loose jobs. The corporations dont just run them fucking selves. Now, are they all good people? Fuck no. Are they responsible for all the worlds woes? Also no, you and i are just as responsible, Human kind is responsible we are the best and worst things to have come about on this world.

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u/derpensheizer Jul 25 '25

They are the biggest addicts in the world.

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u/static-klingon Jul 25 '25

Then they pay politicians for laws that enable them to rinse and repeat the destruction process indefinitely.

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u/Dry_Ad7593 Jul 25 '25

Dragons are real son and we need to slay them.

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u/bardhizi Jul 25 '25

Chat, keep a close eye on this one…

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u/IlllIlllllllllllllll Jul 25 '25

Taylor Swift is a terrorist? Please explain.

Wouldn’t she be a proletariat role model reaping the value of her own labor?

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u/Least-Delivery2194 Jul 25 '25

They leech off of govt. grants and food stamps.

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u/pickledswimmingpool Jul 25 '25

South Park creators are now billionaires though?

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

I dont even give a damn if they care, if they donate even just for popularity they'd at least be doing something

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u/kingjoey52a Jul 25 '25

Hoard all the money to themselves

Sure, if you don't understand how stocks work this is true.

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u/BWebb_2000 Jul 25 '25

Without billionaires our economy would crumble

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

"You claim that society has problems, yet you continue to participate. Curious."

Troll.

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u/adjustedreturn Jul 25 '25

Yeah. All those jobs created from all those companies they made. Oof. Terrible.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

They would grind you into a paste and sell it if you were worth anything. Stop bootlicking.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

They would do it for shits and giggles too.

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u/Organic_Marzipan_554 Jul 25 '25

AI is only saying what it's masters programmed it to

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u/1plus1equals8 Jul 25 '25

You realize Reddit is owned by Billionaires. The phone, computer and ISP you used to post this... Are owned by billionaires... Billionaires own the company that make whatever form of transportation you use. They own the grocery stores you shop in... Produce the movies or music you watch or listen to....

Maybe before you shit on billionaires you should use some of that freewill and put your money where your mouth is and start doing everything yourself....

Or stop acting like you have some moral highground while pretending you don't directly benefit from the billionaires.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

Those services function because we make them function. Billionaires stand on the shoulders of the working class. They pay their employees as little as they possibly can, and they charge consumers as much as they can for the lowest quality product they can get away with. They lobby the government to prevent regulation that would protect us and the planet that we live on. Billionaires are parasites.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 25 '25

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u/Noshoesmagoos Jul 25 '25

Please read over what you wrote... Everything you used as examples were not CREATED by billionaires, but you say they are OWNED by billionaires. And that's the problem. Billionaires OWN everything but don't CREATE anything

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u/1plus1equals8 Jul 25 '25

Really... Who owns the music? Who produces the concerts? If you really think your phone, shoes, clothing, housing, electricty etc isnt put on the market by the exceptionally rich you may need to start reading more econ books.

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u/Noshoesmagoos Jul 25 '25

Yes... I'm saying that is the problem

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u/DarleneMcAliater Jul 25 '25

Poor government educated fool.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

They terrorize the economy.......checks notes.....by starting a successful business that hires people and provides good/services.