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ininewcrow

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Indigenous Canadian from northern Ontario. Believe in equality, Indigenous rights, minority rights, LGBTQ+, women’s rights and do not support war of any kind.

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ininewcrow , to Canada in 'Canada is a rule-of-law country'; Trudeau says of charges in B.C. Sikh activist's killing
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ininewcrow , to Videos in Is The US Headed Towards Fascism?
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It's like a slow moving tide. People keep asking if there's going to be a flood while walking around in waist deep water.

ininewcrow , to Canada in Canada's shopping for a foreign grocer. Can an international retailer succeed here?
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... and I wouldn't mind if our Canadian government wants to keep the damned oligopoly if they could just tax the hell out of it and stop giving them government hand outs

ininewcrow , (edited ) to Canada in Galen Weston calls Loblaw boycott 'misguided criticism', says grocer not responsible for higher prices
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beautiful .... great organization and advocacy group to tag too

https://www.badassteacher.org/

We should be celebrating and promoting a world where we encourage those at the bottom rather than giving away our wealth to those who need it the least.

ininewcrow , to Canada in Galen Weston calls Loblaw boycott 'misguided criticism', says grocer not responsible for higher prices
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In about a hundred years ... shareholders will weigh the dead bodies of consumers to see how much more profit they can render from a lifeless corpse.

ininewcrow , to Canada in Galen Weston calls Loblaw boycott 'misguided criticism', says grocer not responsible for higher prices
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“Poverty exists not because we cannot feed the poor, but because we cannot satisfy the rich.”

  • an anonymous quote from the internet
ininewcrow , to Canada in Galen Weston calls Loblaw boycott 'misguided criticism', says grocer not responsible for higher prices
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It's also psychotic when you think about it .... his family is already worth $8 billion ... but they all have a perpetual need to make even more profits regardless if it means starving people have to pay more for the food they sell.

If I had $1,000 and a box of food and someone with little money came up to me wanting to buy some of my food for $1 and I instead told them it was $2 just because I could .... everyone would look at me like a stingy heartless prick.

A billionaire does it with millions of people every day and it's just called business.

My example is an imaginary hypothetical .... Loblaws and the Weston family do it in real life ... and somehow that is more acceptable than some imaginary story I could come up with.

ininewcrow , (edited ) to Canada in Galen Weston calls Loblaw boycott 'misguided criticism', says grocer not responsible for higher prices
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If anything on Weston's part ... it's an admission that they do have something to do with all this. If their profits are so good, a boycott wouldn't be so threatening to them. But the possibility of a boycott has them scared so they have to make a statement about it all.

And a boycott to his business wouldn't exactly hurt his wealth or endanger his life any way. A major well organized boycott could probably severely affect his businesses to the point of shutting some of them down ... but I don't see that happening. More than likely, the boycott will be a half-hearted attempt by Canadians and it will just mean a small decrease in the company's profits.

In the end the boycott will just mean his family wealth will be $8,399,000,000 instead of $8,400,000,000

I don't think it will cause his family to lose their ability to eat .... unlike many Canadians across the country who can't afford to buy their own food.

ininewcrow , to Canada in Galen Weston calls Loblaw boycott 'misguided criticism', says grocer not responsible for higher prices
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If they aren't the problem ... then the boycott shouldn't be a problem for them then.

If you've done nothing wrong, then nothing bad should happen to you.

ininewcrow , to Technology in ChatGPT shows better moral judgment than a college undergrad
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The biggest problem with emerging AI is that we are absolutely terrible parents.

Humanity has a child that going to become an amazing prodigy and instead of teaching them to be decent, open, honest, compassionate and helpful ... we are raising an entity that is learning that making money and concentrating power is the motivation for everything in life.

We are trailer trash parents who are raising a child that will grow up to become more powerful than we could ever be. Or at the very least become a monstrous pet that will be controlled by whoever has the most money and power.

I wonder what could possibly go wrong.

ininewcrow , to Canada in Who here's committed to not shop at Loblaws' companies this month (and beyond)?
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Boycotts work if you isolate one company or one brand .... then they would either be forced to change ... or go out of business.

Once one company or brand is severely affected or goes under, then everyone moves on to a new target.

ininewcrow , to memes in Who trespasses on the King's land?
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Car stops on the street in front of the house .... Garrison at attention!!!

Car starts backing up towards the driveway .... All forces on high alert! Man your stations!!!

Car starts moving onto the driveway .... Cease all operations!! Men at your stations!!! We're dispatching a warning party!!!

Car drives away ..... Cancel all alerts!!! Go back to your patrols!

ininewcrow , to memes in Time to get another part time job
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Cashier: YOU'VE WON A NEW CAR!!!!!! ..... just kidding, your credit card was declined.

ininewcrow , to RPGMemes in The most reliable counter to Magic Missile
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That's MAD

ininewcrow , to Technology in The walls of Apple’s garden are tumbling down
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From a technical point of view I agree .. I have a few friends who work in music and visual arts and they swear by Apple products and software

But to average users and people who just want to go online with social media, snap a picture, share it, forget it and do it over and over and over again ... they really don't care if it's an apple product or not. The family and friends I know that are not technically minded only understand one key technological specification when it comes to devices ..... PRICE and COST.

If they can't afford a $1,000 apple phone .... they'll buy a $500 android phone ... or just stick to their five year apple phone and won't upgrade until they can buy a used $500 apple phone.

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