▲ 169 ▼ Ford CEO tells employees Chinese automakers could enter U.S. market in next decade (www.reuters.com) submitted 3 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 65 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago (8 children) Close enough. Fuck Bezos and everything he touches. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 months ago Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 9 points 3 months ago (1 child) I appreciate your enthusiasm but you're left with a really short list. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago Meh. I'll keep my hybrid until the locals go belly up or get their shit together. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago (4 children) Odds are he's invested in most companies. I'm sure some portion of his wealth is in a manger fund that spreads it out across the market. If you want to avoid everything he touches, you basically have to leave the economy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago (3 children) Yes. Leaving the economy is the point. This is the only way to stop feeding the beast at the individual level. Pay off any debts and don't participate as much as possible. No person needs to shop at Amazon or anywhere else controled by private equity and billionaires. Support you local farmers and businesses. Buy used when possible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago (2 children) Ok, sure. You can't exit the economy though, as much as one might want to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) No, you're right. Let's just give in and not bother trying since they already won. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago You should try. Telling people to do things that are futile isn't how you get them to do things though. Actionable direction is. People can boycott some things. They aren't going to boycott everything. Telling them to just ensures they do nothing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 months ago Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 9 points 3 months ago (1 child) I appreciate your enthusiasm but you're left with a really short list. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago Meh. I'll keep my hybrid until the locals go belly up or get their shit together. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago Meh. I'll keep my hybrid until the locals go belly up or get their shit together. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago (4 children) Odds are he's invested in most companies. I'm sure some portion of his wealth is in a manger fund that spreads it out across the market. If you want to avoid everything he touches, you basically have to leave the economy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago (3 children) Yes. Leaving the economy is the point. This is the only way to stop feeding the beast at the individual level. Pay off any debts and don't participate as much as possible. No person needs to shop at Amazon or anywhere else controled by private equity and billionaires. Support you local farmers and businesses. Buy used when possible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago (2 children) Ok, sure. You can't exit the economy though, as much as one might want to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) No, you're right. Let's just give in and not bother trying since they already won. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago You should try. Telling people to do things that are futile isn't how you get them to do things though. Actionable direction is. People can boycott some things. They aren't going to boycott everything. Telling them to just ensures they do nothing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago (3 children) Yes. Leaving the economy is the point. This is the only way to stop feeding the beast at the individual level. Pay off any debts and don't participate as much as possible. No person needs to shop at Amazon or anywhere else controled by private equity and billionaires. Support you local farmers and businesses. Buy used when possible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago (2 children) Ok, sure. You can't exit the economy though, as much as one might want to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) No, you're right. Let's just give in and not bother trying since they already won. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago You should try. Telling people to do things that are futile isn't how you get them to do things though. Actionable direction is. People can boycott some things. They aren't going to boycott everything. Telling them to just ensures they do nothing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago (2 children) Ok, sure. You can't exit the economy though, as much as one might want to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) No, you're right. Let's just give in and not bother trying since they already won. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago You should try. Telling people to do things that are futile isn't how you get them to do things though. Actionable direction is. People can boycott some things. They aren't going to boycott everything. Telling them to just ensures they do nothing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) No, you're right. Let's just give in and not bother trying since they already won. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago You should try. Telling people to do things that are futile isn't how you get them to do things though. Actionable direction is. People can boycott some things. They aren't going to boycott everything. Telling them to just ensures they do nothing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago You should try. Telling people to do things that are futile isn't how you get them to do things though. Actionable direction is. People can boycott some things. They aren't going to boycott everything. Telling them to just ensures they do nothing. permalink fedilink source parent