As fun as doomscrolling on Reddit is, we can fight back. Among other things, it takes 30 minutes of research to move money away from MAGA, and it makes a difference. Dollars spent at Republican companies are dollars funneled to more of this. Money given to states like Ohio or Louisiana is money spent sending troops to kidnap children and kill people.
Every dollar is a vote. You can use sites like [opensecrets.org/orgs/search](https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/search) to find the companies you give money to the most and where they funnel your money. If you don’t like it, search their competitors.
For example, trade with Schwab? Move elsewhere like Fidelity. Get booze from cosplay Confederate states and all else is equal? Be adventurous, and try something new. New Balance can be replaced with Hoka. It’s not hard to find alternatives for Estee Lauder, Roark (which owns Subway, Jimmy John’s, Arby’s), and Koch (which owns Brawny, Angel Soft, Dixie). You don’t have to spend more, just differently.
Nexstar and Sinclair got pummeled, and they reinstated Jimmy Kimmel. In Trump’s first term, Ivanka’s brands got cut by retailers. Regular people did that. There’s no reason WWE or Uline can’t be next.
You can’t avoid every Republican-leaning company, but there’s a big difference between GOP mega-donors (Chevron/Conoco) vs neutral or Democrat-leaning companies (Circle K/Costco). Good is not the enemy of perfect
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As fun as doomscrolling on Reddit is, we can fight back. Among other things, it takes 30 minutes of research to move money away from MAGA, and it makes a difference. Dollars spent at Republican companies are dollars funneled to more of this. Money given to states like Ohio or Louisiana is money spent sending troops to kidnap children and kill people.
Every dollar is a vote. You can use sites like [opensecrets.org/orgs/search](https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/search) to find the companies you give money to the most and where they funnel your money. If you don’t like it, search their competitors.
For example, trade with Schwab? Move elsewhere like Fidelity. Get booze from cosplay Confederate states and all else is equal? Be adventurous, and try something new. New Balance can be replaced with Hoka. It’s not hard to find alternatives for Estee Lauder, Roark (which owns Subway, Jimmy John’s, Arby’s), and Koch (which owns Brawny, Angel Soft, Dixie). You don’t have to spend more, just differently.
Nexstar and Sinclair got pummeled, and they reinstated Jimmy Kimmel. In Trump’s first term, Ivanka’s brands got cut by retailers. Regular people did that. There’s no reason WWE or Uline can’t be next.
You can’t avoid every Republican-leaning company, but there’s a big difference between GOP mega-donors (Chevron/Conoco) vs neutral or Democrat-leaning companies (Circle K/Costco). Good is not the enemy of perfect