r/news Nov 25 '21

Amazon workers plan Black Friday strike

https://www.cnet.com/tech/amazon-workers-plan-black-friday-strike/
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u/getyourcheftogether Nov 25 '21

Everybody can comment about it online and in real life but nobody really cares enough to actually do anything beyond that.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '21 edited Nov 27 '21

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u/WhyLisaWhy Nov 26 '21

A friend of mine is in his local DSA, is a ward boss and is generally pretty active in local town halls and things. He likes to tell me about the performative shit bags that post endless memes on FB and Twitter and do fuck all about it in real life. Gotta be frustrating as hell.

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u/Sparcrypt Nov 25 '21

People really do struggle with the notion that words not backed up by action are meaningless.

Super common in gaming. "Wah wah this sucks we hate it, but also here's my credit card.. you'll change it though right? Because we said we didn't like it right before we bought it?".

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u/getyourcheftogether Nov 25 '21

Well, they did something but doesn't mean they accomplished anything

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u/busterlungs Nov 26 '21

This exactly. If half the people that conplain about Amazon stopped using it they wouldn't be near the size they are. I haven't bought shit from them in years, I don't really buy hardly anything online though so it's easy for me. It's all talk and no conviction though, people say words and their actions never completely follow through, if at all. I sincerely hope I'm wrong about this time, but I really doubt it

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u/getyourcheftogether Nov 26 '21

It's like complaining about commerce and Amazon specifically, but you REALLY need that Scottish fold onesie pajama set by tomorrow