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Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr · 7 days ago

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Wallet voting; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/13/consumption-choices/

#Pluralistic

"A 1930s scene of a man and woman casting ballots in a cardboard box labeles "BALLOT BOX." Superimposed is a man holding aloft a fan-fold wallet that has unfurled to reveal numerous cards. The man's head has been replaced with Uncle Sam's. The ballot the woman is casting bas been replaced with a US$100 bill.

uis

@uis@pone.social replied · 4 days ago

@span pluralistic Reminds me of something:
> These ideas need billionaire funding because, in themselves, the're an invitation to do nothing. "Vote with your wallet" isn't inspiring in itself, and it only gets worse when you understand that it's being bankrolled by people, whose wallets are many thousands if not millions times thicker than the average ones.

thecasualcritic

@thecasualcritic@writing.exchange replied · 6 days ago

@span pluralistic It's very much an and/and rather than either/or for me. Seek systemic change, but at the same time minimize the power you give to your adversaries. Every $ I don't give to Amazon is a $ they can't use against us. And if I give it to a local bookstore instead, it'll help keep them alive until after the revolution.

But completely agree this is about power, and depends on what power you have. Not about morality and using it as a stick to beat other 'less virtuous' people with.

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 7 days ago

#Ithaca and #NYC! I'm heading your way for a zillion events from Sept 11-17. Here's a list of open-to-all #Cornell activities including two major keynotes and a public event at Cornell Tech in NYC:

https://adwhiteprofessors.cornell.edu/visits/cory-doctorow/

I'm at Autumn Leaves Books TODAY (Sept 13):
https://www.autumnleavesithaca.com/event-details/enshittification-why-everything-got-worse-and-what-to-do-about-it

I'll also be at the #Brooklyn Book Festival on Sept 21:
https://brooklynbookfestival.org/event/big-techs-big-heist-cory-doctorow-in-conversation-with-adam-becker/