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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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“Illegally boycotting.”
Trump is hilarious. Like the government can stop me from NOT BUYING something.
Sounds like if he had it his way, we’d be forced to buy only what he declared and in the quantities the law stipulates, regardless of need or ability to pay.
Excuse me sir, have you performed your government mandated consumption today? It looks like your spending quota is a little low, how about ordering some tasty Dominoes^TM and signing up for a subscription service or your choice? Remember what your mother taught you: "a penny saved is a penny wasted". Money atrophies if you keep it locked up, everyone knows that! You need to keep that cash aerated, circulate it!
I hate how possible this sounds. Like, alongside the other bullshit we’ve been exposed to, this nonsense sounds like it could be real.
As billionaires do the exact opposite hording their money.
This sounds like a great short story, or black mirror episode.
It is, this is from "brave new world"
Oh! I've even read that 🤦♂️
Please purchase verification Tesla.
I forgot about that. Free choice and free will apparently isn’t a guarantee in this country, anymore.
*emerald mine
it's like that time when Elon "free speech absolutist" Musk tried to sue advertisers that decided that they didn't want their ads on his Nazi filled platform
Like a planned economy?
ie, the ultimate neoliberal wet dream. let’s hope it doesn’t come to pass.
Trump signs an executive order that every American must purchase a Tesla. Supreme Court rejects the order by a 5-4 vote several weeks later
"Rejects"? Oh, you optimist.
Bring back debtor’s prisons, lock up everyone who defaults on their mandatory loan on a non-living wage, then invoke the 13th amendment and boom – you’ve successfully replaced the labour force you’ve ousted by deporting people.
I’m sad that’s plausible.
(e: didn’t the auto industry basically do this once with company towns?)
Well obviously, it's time to for company stores to make a comeback.
I'm just gonna pretend I'm an advertiser on Twitter and just go fuck myself, Elon. You buy the swasticars.