Who opposes Amazon?
Dec. 6th, 2019 04:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
enemyofperfectSo: I want to buy a book for someone whose preferred format is Kindle ebooks. I'm not a big fan of Amazon and I try to avoid giving them money where possible, but since it would probably be less of a gift if I'm asking the recipient to download and familiarize themself with a new app just to be able to read what I gave them, I figure in this case I'll make an exception.
The question I'm hoping that someone reading this might be able to answer is, do you know any good causes I could throw a little money towards to offset my chagrin at feeding the giant? Something pro-union might be good, but I'm open to other ideas too -- anything that's putting up a fight against monopolies, billionaires, unsafe working conditions, or even state surveillance, at this point.
I feel like maybe I need a disclaimer here to the effect that there's no ethical consumption under capitalism, but I also know that gestures can do a lot for my peace of mind sometimes, and this seems like good information to have in any case. So fingers crossed!
The question I'm hoping that someone reading this might be able to answer is, do you know any good causes I could throw a little money towards to offset my chagrin at feeding the giant? Something pro-union might be good, but I'm open to other ideas too -- anything that's putting up a fight against monopolies, billionaires, unsafe working conditions, or even state surveillance, at this point.
I feel like maybe I need a disclaimer here to the effect that there's no ethical consumption under capitalism, but I also know that gestures can do a lot for my peace of mind sometimes, and this seems like good information to have in any case. So fingers crossed!
