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I'm cool with ranting. I enjoy the act of writing, blogs are long dead and it's important to articulate why so many things in the world are fucking shit.
When?
They also win when people do push back, because thats how the game has been rigged. The extent of the public's power is making them win slightly less.
The only way to stop companies doing unethical things is strict regulations, ruthlessly enforced. The only times "consumer advocacy" ever works is when the government steps in, which is why the ultra wealthy go to so much effort to ensure they never do.
One good person in politics, with power, is worth a million people boycotting.
Unions.
Strawman.
Its the most important way, but not the only way.
Definately agree with this. But its not a zero sum gain, an either/or. Both can happen, and increase the odds of success.