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“Illegally boycotting.”
Trump is hilarious. Like the government can stop me from NOT BUYING something.
Sounds like if he had it his way, we’d be forced to buy only what he declared and in the quantities the law stipulates, regardless of need or ability to pay.
Well obviously, it's time to for company stores to make a comeback.
Excuse me sir, have you performed your government mandated consumption today? It looks like your spending quota is a little low, how about ordering some tasty Dominoes^TM and signing up for a subscription service or your choice? Remember what your mother taught you: "a penny saved is a penny wasted". Money atrophies if you keep it locked up, everyone knows that! You need to keep that cash aerated, circulate it!
Please purchase verification Tesla.
I hate how possible this sounds. Like, alongside the other bullshit we’ve been exposed to, this nonsense sounds like it could be real.
This sounds like a great short story, or black mirror episode.
It is, this is from "brave new world"
As billionaires do the exact opposite hording their money.
it's like that time when Elon "free speech absolutist" Musk tried to sue advertisers that decided that they didn't want their ads on his Nazi filled platform
Trump signs an executive order that every American must purchase a Tesla. Supreme Court rejects the order by a 5-4 vote several weeks later
Bring back debtor’s prisons, lock up everyone who defaults on their mandatory loan on a non-living wage, then invoke the 13th amendment and boom – you’ve successfully replaced the labour force you’ve ousted by deporting people.
I’m sad that’s plausible.
(e: didn’t the auto industry basically do this once with company towns?)
"Rejects"? Oh, you optimist.
Remember, this South African immigrant, whose father owned a slave ran
diamond(edit: emerald) mine, sued advertisers for pulling out due to his racist remarks and the racism being spewed on his platform. Choosing not to advertise on his platform was ‘collusion’ and illegal… 🤦♂️I forgot about that. Free choice and free will apparently isn’t a guarantee in this country, anymore.
Neither is free speech and the right to peaceful protest
*emerald mine
Thank you for the correction, I don’t want any misinformation over here, but it has been a while since I’ve looked into it.
ie, the ultimate neoliberal wet dream. let’s hope it doesn’t come to pass.
Like a planned economy?