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The community dedicated to boycotting the US until they stop fascism, restore full democracy and start following international law.
Americans have a moral obligation to resist Donald Trump and project 2025 at every turn.
America is a flawed democracy currently being ruled by oligarchs. Stop the backslide! Dont let America become the next Hungary.
America needs to challenge the court rulings of citizens united v. fec and shelby county v. holder, protect the media, implement independent district drawing, and the single transferable vote so they don't end up having people stay home in life-changing elections because they cannot vote for their favourite candidate.
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I barely use YouTube at all anymore. But I'm also shelling out north of $50/mo on various artists on Patreon.
I don't really expect other people to follow suit, if they don't have that kind of disposable income.
Incidentally, I also have a subscription to Amazon Prime and HBO Max. The first, because Amazon is functionally the USPS at this point. The second, because I get it free through my ISP.
I'm not going to cancel either one of them, any more than I'm going to give up my car to protest the fossil fuel industry.
Good on ya for supporting content creators, I’ve done this a few times myself a while back (won’t do it anymore), however- nothing will ever change so long as people keep showing YouTube that they’re okay with things as they are by helping bump up their numbers.
Selective activism and cherry-picking isn’t going to move the needle. Strength of conviction, and an adherence to standards will.
The people "using" YouTube in the economic sense aren't the viewers, they're the advertisers.
Neither is stomping your foot and being mad at the anonymous video consumer or ad firm.
Might as well get angry about people watching the Super Bowl or the next big Marvel Movie.
If you want to advocate for an actual alternative thing, go for it. But just arguing in the negative is hollow, especially when you're arguing with a statistical person rather than an actual audience.
Okay “statistical person”. Have a nice day.