« From time to time this year, we’ve seen people remind megacorporations that Trump still isn’t the only party they have to keep pleasing. The huge wave of Disney+ cancellations that followed the scalping of Jimmy Kimmel seemed to get him back on the air pretty quick. Donald Trump has the most power and the biggest pocketbook. But there’s still a lot more of us than there are of him. »
— Andrew Egger at The Bulwark.
Our use of money is tied to our use of power. Many people still don't really understand that.
The No Kings marches did not really change things a lot. But large numbers of cancellations of Disney+ brought Jimmy Kimmel back faster than most people expected.
Unfortunately, too many people put convenience ahead of fighting authoritarianism.
"It's inconvenient for me to ditch Amazon Prime."
"I'll lose touch with friends if I delete Facebook and Instagram."
"Google is the only search engine I've ever used."
You can still buy stuff online without going through Amazon. Friends have kept in touch with each other for thousands of years before Mark Zuckerberg was ever born. Google is not the only search engine; and there are even some where you can switch off annoying AI.
So quit putting off making relatively minor changes in your life which will hurt MAGA friendly billionaires. If their profits start shrinking because of your actions, their support for Trump will shrink soon thereafter.
