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The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Does democracy still die in darkness? (lemmy.world)
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[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 28 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah. Apparently they forgot to add "it's us we're the darkness" to their masthead.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Democracy dies in the darkness (and we are the shadow)

[–] unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 hours ago

I don't know where they got their quote from, since, historically, democracy has almost always died in broad fucking daylight.

[–] nothingcorporate 17 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Jeff Bezos can afford to do this because of Amazon.

Boycott Amazon.

[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

The substitute for Amazon, if you rely on delivery to remote and rural, is Walmart.

[–] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 6 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

You know things are fucked when Walmart is the more ethical alternative.

[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 2 points 10 hours ago

Exactly. But rural/remote has heavy reliance on delivery.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 points 9 hours ago

Oppress local

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I use eBay primarily, but there are other sites out there with good deals. You just have to search for them.

[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 1 points 10 hours ago

That’s like asking people to wash their recycling. Only 10% at most are going to sort and wash the trash.

One stop shopping with easy to find and easy free shipping and easy, free returns. That’s where we live now. So, Amazon or Walmart.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 13 points 23 hours ago

My senator if I call them:

[–] painfulasterisk1@lemmy.ml 2 points 18 hours ago

You meant ruining, right?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago

Yes, it does. There's the darkness.