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If people were really smart, particularly in the USA, What do you think they'd stop doing by now? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 1 day ago by NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Giving money to Amazon, Wal-Mart, Microsoft, Google .etc

It's like, you can't have an argument for price gouging, when you're enabling them by spending. If people were smart, they'd stop giving them money 10 - 15 years ago and they'd be right now, trying to reconstruct so they can be more economically friendly than how they are now.

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[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Stop driving (pollution, deaths, cost of living etc) and remodel cities and town around PT and AT , restricted gun ownership

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

How do people living with no PT or AT options stop driving?

Also, the working masses must remain armed to prevent even further class slavery.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I've joined three different unions and the only guns I've used were loaned to me by a representative of my country for a short period decades ago.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Okay I still can't go anywhere without a car tho

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

OP mentioned remodeling cities around public transport, I think that also goes for more rural areas. There's a solution for every scale : metro, bus, train, shuttle, etc.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 1 points 4 hours ago

I agree there are solutions, I have lived in places with great options. But getting things changed here is very slow and for now you still can't walk or bike, and there are no buses or trains.