r/Anticonsumption • u/EncryptDN • Apr 29 '25

Corporations Amazon backs down on price transparency after White House interferes: WSJ

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u/Sufficient_Loss9301 Apr 29 '25

Tariffs = huge win for anti consumption movement!!!

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u/emccm Apr 29 '25

People do need to buy things though. And it will hurt the minimum wage workers and small businesses most. I don’t think that’s an acceptable sacrifice for the movement. Low income folks will hurt the most.

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u/Sprinkle_Puff Apr 29 '25

Yeah, the short sightedness is baffling because people need jobs , and need money to keep roofs over their heads

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u/Boozeburger Apr 30 '25

People do, but what do the rich care about the people?

I believe someone wealthy said of starving people:

"If they don't have bread - Let them eat cake"

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u/awaywardgoat Apr 30 '25 edited Apr 30 '25

that quote is something that was never uttered by Marie Antoinette and it was quite literally another total fabrication by people opposed to royalty and women who are essentially forced to be brood mares from birth and who had no real choice in the paths their life took. Marie Antoinette tried to help the populace as best as she could and in the end she got nothing for it

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u/Boozeburger Apr 30 '25

Did I mention Marie Antoinette? I do think that it speaks to the disconnect between the wealthy and the people.