Wall-E and others are capitalist propaganda.
Sure, they say the right things, and then you feel inspired, like you actually did something, and then you go out and buy the billions in plastic merch anyway.
Saw Toy Story 5 recently. Tech is the “bad guy.” Unless, of course, you use it responsibly. So don’t worry about the data centers powering AI om the tablets.
I mean… Reddit…
Note: Hasan Piker is currently on the front page of twitch.tv which is owned by Jeff Bezos.
Be sure to check out Hasan’s line of anti-corporate greed at his personal merch store at https://ideologie.shop/
It sounds like “ideology”, so you know when you buy this merch, you’re supporting socialism or whatever!
Honestly some of the worst design I’ve seen. Looks like a pop-up store that would disappear within a week in DUMBO.
Was just thinking about this recently. The designers Gabe Newell hired (not Gabe) were trying to tell us something with the dystopias in Half Life 2 and Portal 2.
Aren’t those the same dystopia?
I would consider the US and North Korea different dystopias despite coexisting on the same planet.
“Lets blame the corporate corruption on politicians to support anti-establishment candidates thereby slashing our taxes.”
Corporate corruption is redundant!
As long as competition stays high I think corporate scale makes sense for things like logistics, retail, franchises, etc.
As long as competition stays high
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Isn’t that the basic business model of any social media corporation ?
People are hating us and posting so much about it in our platform, that our ad revenue is reaching historical records!
That’s the businesses model of everything.
Nope
Potato farmer: Huh?
It’s already happening! Some YT channels that talk about corporate greed and all sorts of other similar subjects were bought out by private equity firms then tell them what to not talk about… So hypothetical
Just pretend to be against AI and cover up that it’s involved.
If you get caught apologize and cover it up better.
Replace AI with addictive illegal substances and you got yourself a real winner
The entertainment industry has doing that for over a hundred years.
I remember being SO. INTO. Hot Topic when I was like, 13.
Then when I was like 15, figuring out that this is exactly what Hot Topic was. Early lessons in how the world works… 😖
You’re too late.
Lol, I’m very curious to know why someone would buy a shirt that says “Corporate Greed”
To represent corporate greed in an avant garde political satire?
4 bucks cheaper, duh
Everyone loves a deal!
Chaotic neutral
Gatta play both sides, baby!
Thats how you get products that build their marketing around the idea that consumerism of “good” products are how you fix the problems.
Which its nice to have products that don’t suck, but I do think it is unhelpful for us to think buying stuff is what will solve the problems, even in cases where people largely respect the companies behind those products (framework, the steam deck, etc)
I’m excited about those kinds of products, but I try not to let myself fall into thinking that buying the right stuff is some kind of meaningful labor that will help fox the world
“Hey, those Anarchists have a cool “A”, how about some t-shirts?”
Our local Pride Week is in August. It’s weird, but it may have something to do with corporate shenanigans if you catch my drift.
Anyway it’s fun watching some of local chuds foaming at their mouth in June and then we go “dude, we don’t do Pride in June for a reason”.
This type of stuff is immediately what I thought of too. They will happily sell both sides’ identity and values right back to them.
