Quote Originally Posted by Sense-A View Post
Do you buy products or services from these corporations? If so, why? Are you the one funding the corporations by consuming their products? Because, personally, I don't buy shit from companies that I don't like.

And have you considered buying stock in the corporations that sell the products and/or services that you do like? You can buy just one share of stock and get to vote for the directors that sit on the board that run the corporation! I get stuff in the mail almost everyday asking me to vote on an infinite number of issues and corporate decisions just from the dozen or so different stocks I'm invested in.

Can you name a system that works better than capitalism? Look, lets be realistic. Capitalism isn't perfect. Nothing in life is perfect. There is no perfect form of government. But ours is pretty damned good. Would you like to fix what is wrong with it through the democratic process? Or would you like to pick up a gun and sacrifice your life to rebel and revolutionize? Or would you like to just passively complain and just go on with life as it is because its not perfect but not that bad either?

What more are you expecting? Besides the average 2-3 bedroom house and car and computer and television and cell phone and clothes electricity water etc. etc. that Americans all have, what more would you have if we lived under communism? How much would your life be improved? Would you work less than 40 hours a week? Would your car be better? Would you have 2 or 3 cars? Would your house be bigger? I mean what the fuck do you expect out of all this? Is communism going to afford everyone a higher standard of living so that everyone has their own personal jet and helicopter and chauffeur? Get real!
why are you mentioning communism? As a system its retarded and on that we are in agreement but it seems we've reached a point in history where we're comfortable enough because of the house, the car, the running water etc that as a whole we no longer have a vested interest in moving things forward. I'm focused on progress of all humans everywhere, my ideologies aren't concerned with myself as me personally I'm doing fairly good but I know that's not the case for everyone and as long as that's the case than I can never be satisfied.

But let's just start with this, what are some corporations that you don't buy from because you don't like them?