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0 pointsjeffdavis7y ago0 comments

Why do you need the names of people to boycott? Just get the names of the companies involved.

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toomuchtodo7y ago· 3 in thread

You shouldn’t be able to hide when you’re assisting with the dismantling of democracy.

If you’re fearful of your name being public, associated with this line of work, you should probably reevaluate your actions.

If you support or participate in the further tightening of copyright (when considering how extreme copyright law already is), you are the enemy, and citizens are well within their rights to publicly document your actions.

jeffdavisOP7y ago

When you make bad ideas your enemy, you can promote real change and bring more people peaceably to your side. When you make people your enemy, you are likely to make things worse.

CamperBob27y ago

So what are your thoughts on the “war on terror,” the “war on drugs,” and the “war on poverty?”

When has attacking an abstract idea ever accomplished anything?

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toomuchtodo7y ago

This has not been my experience engaging in the political process in the US, both on individual campaigns and when working on specific issues (drug decriminalization and incarceration and gerrymandering, specifically).

Whether people are married to their ideas through money or ideology, you are left with little recourse. History is written by the victor, not the noble.

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jcbrand7y ago

Having names are useful to force them to have some skin in the game.

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5 comments · 2 top-level

toomuchtodo7y ago· 3 in thread

You shouldn’t be able to hide when you’re assisting with the dismantling of democracy.

If you’re fearful of your name being public, associated with this line of work, you should probably reevaluate your actions.

If you support or participate in the further tightening of copyright (when considering how extreme copyright law already is), you are the enemy, and citizens are well within their rights to publicly document your actions.

jeffdavisOP7y ago

When you make bad ideas your enemy, you can promote real change and bring more people peaceably to your side. When you make people your enemy, you are likely to make things worse.

CamperBob27y ago

So what are your thoughts on the “war on terror,” the “war on drugs,” and the “war on poverty?”

When has attacking an abstract idea ever accomplished anything?

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toomuchtodo7y ago

This has not been my experience engaging in the political process in the US, both on individual campaigns and when working on specific issues (drug decriminalization and incarceration and gerrymandering, specifically).

Whether people are married to their ideas through money or ideology, you are left with little recourse. History is written by the victor, not the noble.

1 more reply

jcbrand7y ago

Having names are useful to force them to have some skin in the game.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse