Sure. A protest like this is a great opportunity to jump in and do something.
witten
joined 2 years ago
It's just the Lemmy keyboard warriors. Actual go-outdoors Americans are busy either: 1. fighting fascism without firearms, or 2. going about their lives and pretending fascism won't come for them or people they care about.
If you give up and roll over, you are complicit.
Yeah turns out I was wrong about that.. Must've been thinking of some other company! My bad.
Looks like I was wrong! Consider it a human hallucination.
Oops I was wrong.. My bad. Not sure where I got that from.
~~Owned by Amazon, FYI.~~
Turns out I'm full of shit.
If you give up and roll over, you are complicit.
Look up "gerrymandering" and then come back.
Nothing? The protests are a big part of the reason the richest man on earth got kicked out of D.C.
Rally and march, starting at Cal Anderson Park in Seattle. More info: https://seattleindivisible.com/events/2025/6/1/seattle-no-kings-june-14th/
In case you haven't to been to one of these protests before, this is a big, mainstream one. Think strollers and old ladies, although I'm sure there will be some signs with naughty words on them. So it's a good way to ease into protests and do something if you've finally gotten to the breaking point after seeing the shit going on in L.A.
EDIT: Seattle Times, which is known for undercounting protests, reports that this one was >70k people. That's over 9% of the population of Seattle! (Of course not everyone there was from Seattle.) SPD also reports the march itself was 1.5 miles long.
Petition link: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-king-county-city-of-seattle-no-public-money-for-musk?source=direct_link
I'm generally not a big fan of online petitions, because they often feel about as useful as screaming into the void. But I think this one might be a little different. The idea is that the organizations behind the petition are going to start making the case directly to Seattle city council members to stop giving city funds to Musk's businesses. And if they can go into those discussions armed with thousands of petition signatures, that's going to make their case that much stronger.
So if you're sick of Musk and his bullshit, please consider giving the petition a look. And if you're wanting to get more involved with this effort than just signing a petition, feel free to DM me and I'll get you plugged into the group.
EDIT: Some additional background on the general Divest Musk effort: https://www.teslatakedown.com/divest
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At what point is a company's "good" outweighed by the damage that the company's profits wreak on society? Starlink is one of the main financial engines funding Elon Musk. And his DOGE cuts may lead to 14 million deaths, for instance. Is that worth it for rural internet? Is it worth it for the engineers?
You, as a consumer, have a choice about where to spend your hard-earned cash—and whether you let it become blood money.