• slazer2au@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Tl;dr they all support both sides so no matter the election they always get what they want.

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      For tax purposes and to lobby for pet projects, yes they lobby both sides. Some corporations lobby for ideological issues. You will find that the vast majority of them get republican support. Plenty of not-for-profits lobby the left as well but you’re not buying their products and paying for ideologies you may not agree with.

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      It’s why I stopped voting, because everybody else is voting for either side any way.

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        Your vote is yours to throw away if you want to.

        But it’s kind of an insult to everyone who fought to let you do that.

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          No, what is an insult is the American electoral system where at the end of the day, your individual vote means nothing. Your so called representatives do not work for you. They only represent you only paper. They are there to enrich themselves through corporate dollar and stocks, because capitalism and individualism.

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          Our votes do nothing to impact politicians or policy. The needs of capital will always be addressed while we get left over table scraps, that inevitably still benefit capital.

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              Doesnt hurt, doesnt help. Voting is more an illusion of participation, complete with an “I Voted” participation trophy.

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                  My inaction isnt getting Palestinians killed, my inaction hasnt caused the highest spike in homelessness ever seen, my inaction isnt causing a rise in suicides, my inaction isnt causing stagnant wages. If allowing the deaths of brown people is seen as the lesser evil then there is a serious problem with the mental health and empathy of Americans. If the tables were turned and Trump was currently in the WH, liberals would be calling out all the injustices they are currently turning a blind eye to. But the lesser evil they accept year after year, decade after decade, has grown so enormous they can no longer see evil for what it is. They have become the evil they claimed they were voting against

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          The issue with that sentiment is that a significant amount of the population simply can’t afford to be picky. They buy the cheapest available version of whatever they need because that’s what they can afford. All of the power of consumer choice is slowly being stripped away as more and more people are pushed into poverty, and that’s by design.

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    There is 0 reason this should be an app. Stop making shitty apps and just have proper websites.

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    Politicians should wear company logos like racing drivers so we know who they are sponsored by.

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        Per Anthony Kennedy and a completely fair and impartial republiQan-aligned Supreme Court, money is just another word for free speech.

        Corporations are people, my friend.

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          Unless they’re responsible for a crime, then suddenly they’re a faceless abstraction, and you can’t charge those with anything silly!

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          It’s the only way I support the death penalty, it’s just too bad none of them have been condemned

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        Be that as it may, not mentioning which nation the topic applies to enforces the notion that the US is the default if no other context is given.

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    PSA: You can make a shortcut and place it on your home screen with most mobile browsers, on Android, and, as far as I know, on iOS. Don’t let people trick you into installing apps for things websites can do.

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      It seems to be based on the contributions of employees not the company itself. I looked up a huge tech company and it said Bernie Sanders was the number one politician supported. That’s absolutely ridiculous. Who cares what employees at a company support? Do they control any of the money used for lobbying?

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    All 3 major hardware stores (Home Depot, Lowe’s, & Ace’s) donate more to Republicans. Aside from locally owned small businesses, any idea where else to go?

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      Every company I’ve looked up so far donates pretty evenly split to both parties, usually slightly favoring the Republicans, including the ones you listed. The only company I’ve found that is heavily Democrat is Honda. Sorry, that doesn’t answer your question, but the point I was making is that they are funding both parties. What does that tell you? That they don’t really care who is in charge. They only care that they have influence over whoever is in charge.