Spoiler alert:

He already crawled back.

Never give any of Elon Musk’s companies a dime or your time. Twitter is the worst one I think especially because Grok is now trained to repeat right-wing nonsense. I hope no one here is still on Twitter and I hope everyone you know in your personal life is also off that horrible website. If you know someone still using it tell them to switch to an alternative like Bluesky or Mastodon.

Are you sure? https://web.archive.org/web/20220216105516/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EZ202WNUwAAR7YS.jpg

Reading that makes me very happy! I try tell people this whenever I can: there’s hope everywhere in America, no matter how red a state is now it can become blue one day. I was a Trump supporter myself and changed, other people can too! Think about all the people in Alabama who bought that shirt. If they banded together they could change Alabama for the better. Things won’t be instant but perhaps they get a better mayor elected, then a better state representative then send someone better to the House, then one day a better Senator. If we try and work together it can happen!

When I was a Republican I saw this talking point come up a lot and sadly I used to buy into it. Basically GOPers attack RATM by claiming they are actually part of the machine and justify their argument by saying other people such as outspoken actors in Hollywood have the same politics and that they charge high ticket prices and use services such as Ticketmaster, perform at large venues and associated with Sony Music (through Epic Records).

Reflecting on this it’s not a good argument. In life things are not perfect so while they may be doing things like using Ticketmaster they are still doing a lot of good things and working towards a more fair and equitable society, perhaps one day in part due to their music motivating and encouraging people to elect more progressive people Ticketmaster will be regulated or broken up.

It’s surprising to me to see the same talking points I’m familiar with come not from the right but come from the left because you and RATM likely have a lot in common when it comes to political stances. For example I’m sure you and RATM are both against police brutality. Even if Sony manufactures RATM’s CDs isn’t it a lot better that someone has RATM playing in their car instead of whatever right wing talk show trash is playing on Clear Channel-owned stations (now called iheartmedia)?

I know right! The band didn’t start getting political until 1991.

Exactly! Twitter cost $44 billion but his wealth doubled from $200 billion to $400 billion after becoming President of the United States along with co-president Trump.

Yes, I just checked and confirmed Wordle is New York Times, not New York Post. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordle

I just checked, it’s true: https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/columns/columns/viewpoint/25490-dear-kamala-harris.html

So basically you’re saying nothing changes if they shut down.

That would be amazing! Yes, that’s better than what I was thinking.

Your last sentence made me realize something. You’re right that if you target one business they will go to another but that’s a feature not a bug. The goal is it’s a negotiation. Demand better working conditions and stop funding corrupt politicians and then we will return back to work. The company won’t want to go out of business so hopefully they would agree.

For the demands of the strikers they could include a time period for example no funding of Republicans until 2034 as an example.

Regarding living paycheck to paycheck that’s why I mentioned the mutual aid network. I know most people can’t stop working for very long, that’s why there would need to be some kind of group to support this.

Regarding labels like socialism or communism, I’m not advocating for that. I just hope for better wages, working conditions and less corruption in politics.

I agree with you. Imagine if people built a mutual aid network designed to sustain people for maybe 6-12 months and the country just went on strike. People stop showing up to work everywhere in protest of the oligarchy.

This is a lie. People just spread this to trick you into not voting so the Republicans win.

You understand how things work! Ignore the apathy trolls. They are trying to silence your vote. Here’s what actually happens if you vote for the lesser of two evils. You’re rights are protected and next time use the primary process to pick someone even better.

It’s true. It’s often said that Trump frequently uses this method.

Here is another good website with more information on the Fox Fee: https://www.nofoxfee.com/

Amazon has lots of money and they can easily afford this PR/marketing promotion that they choose to do. Amazon drivers work hard and deserve to be paid fairly for their work. Even though this is just marketing it still results in the drivers getting more money so if you order something from Amazon you might as well do it at every opportunity you get.

That is a really interesting story! I’m sure if he were still alive he’d be very happy to hear some of his works completed.