• memfree@lemmy.ml
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    10 hours ago

    Based on how little Paramount suffered after the 60 minutes/Colbert cave-ins, it is doubtful many people will see any reason to cancel subscriptions. If you only get the faithful to cancel, you are only hurting those you love and not the billionaires.

    If the talent and the customers for various networks band together to demand a day-long media blackout, the billionaires might be persuaded to all do it at the same time as a power move to show the Government how independent the media can be. Billionaires might very much like to show that they are the ones in control and they can put whomever they want on TV, in memes, or wherever.

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      10 hours ago

      People like you are the reason the US does not have strong unions and labor laws and worker protections. Keep convincing yourself you don’t have any power to change anything. These things take time and endurance, there is no quick fix.

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        10 hours ago

        Comrade, please. I am asking the public to organize and make this demand. We tried cancelling when it came to Paramount, and look at triviality of that ‘boycott’. Look at the data. The only way people are going to see a reason to complain is if, “We’re gonna miss our favorite show!” So put that reason in their face.

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      8 hours ago

      Forget trying to make these media conglomerates see the light, we should boycott them for the sake of boycotting them. This was always going to happen and they were never the good guys. If there is anything on want to see find it on a pirated streaming site. Like a lot of people only signed up for Paramount because of the new South Park season.