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Re:Shaving is an example of how consumer products extract mo... by betwixthewires on Saturday May 07, 2022 @02:31PM (#31297192)
But it's true. If people don't buy it they won't make it. We have all the power, not them.
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Re:Shaving is an example of how consumer products extract mo... by oblio on Saturday May 07, 2022 @03:48PM (#31297918)
They fight back.

Laws, propaganda, tradition, abusing human weaknesses like addictions.

Our power is diffuse and slow.

They're Javelin anti tank weapons pinpoint targeting our weakest points.

The fight is not fair and they're winning.

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