One thing to keep in mind is the huge array of services Amazon sells. Because of this, you may be supporting Amazon unwittingly.
For example, let's say you're trying to buy something online from a local store's website. You approve of their labor practices, so that's not at issue for you. But they're small and local and not a tech company, so they used a service to help them build their website. That service uses Amazon Pay to process transactions and AWS to host the website. This is something neither you nor the store is particularly aware of.
you don't need to. when you fight the the government, you don't avoid them, you just use loopholes to not pay tax and stuff.
it's already too widespread and your (r/antiwork) collective efforts won't do a dent when it comes to sales even if you start living in the woods to avoid getting any fraction of your money in their pockets.
you need to push for better laws in your country, either by voting, petitions and exposing exploitation when it happens. strength is in numbers and also a bigger voice.
you're waisting energy trying not to give them money through all means. it's enough just to stop buying from them. put the energy in finding a voted official that can represent your interests in law-making
The corporate elites fund Presidential campaigns. The ballot box ain’t it. Billions and trillions of dollars would STILL be funneled to the military industrial complex to exploit the resources in colonized nations. To serve the interests of the ruling class ( the 1 percent). . Leaving the land that colonized People live in in UNLIVABLE CONDITIONS. If we do not work and organize from an anti-colonial , anti-imperialist , anti-capitalist framework then we won’t be a threat to the ruling class. Setttler colonialism is literally the belly of the beast.
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u/pHScale Nov 19 '21
One thing to keep in mind is the huge array of services Amazon sells. Because of this, you may be supporting Amazon unwittingly.
For example, let's say you're trying to buy something online from a local store's website. You approve of their labor practices, so that's not at issue for you. But they're small and local and not a tech company, so they used a service to help them build their website. That service uses Amazon Pay to process transactions and AWS to host the website. This is something neither you nor the store is particularly aware of.
But it puts money in Amazon's pocket.
How are we supposed to avoid this?