What do you boycott? e.g. games, music, shows, food

  • spionspion@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Yes. It will include american culture. Im starting to “attack” businesses that push american culture. This includes cinemas.

    American media told me for decades that the USA is awesome and the people are heroic do-gooders.

    Turns out is was always White supremacy.

    Fuck the US. Fuck US americans.

  • manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    US americans don’t have culture, the people and nations they oppress do, capitalists then comodify and export that

    either way, while usa dominates english language entertainment, I don’t pay for it anything I consume, and I’m exploring more non english language entertainment

  • NONE@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    American Culture is Common Culture at this point…

    For years, the United States has benefited most from globalization. They either don’t admit it or don’t realize it.

  • JustVik@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    I’m from Russia, so I don’t need to boycott American corporations myself, American corporations boycott me themselves. :D
    It’s a joke.

    But in reality, I just try to minimize my purchases from multi-billion dollar corporations whenever possible. I prefer buying indie, open-source or custom. Nothing about culture. As others have already said, nowadays American culture is mostly common culture. Sometimes I think about buying a Chinese CPU or GPU. And in general, I have a pretty limited budget.

    • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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      2 days ago

      are the recycled xeons still decent bang for the buck in russia? they are dirt cheap now.

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        2 days ago

        They are still on sale and very cheap in price, but the RAM for them has already gone up in price. Yes it was very good deal for it’s money, I have one. Usually I prefer something Coreboot capable, but thats just was very cheap.

  • FoundFootFootage78@lemmy.ml
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    24 hours ago

    I generally try to avoid American, but I’m not so strict about it that I check the origin on the games I play (most of the time you can’t find that out anyway). I also buy them on Steam anyway, because Linux support.

    I’ve already swapped out basically everything American of mine, but as time goes on I’ve been thinking of narrowing my target. The companies I’m mainly focussed on are below:

    • Amazon
    • Tesla
    • Microsoft
    • Apple
    • Google
    • Facebook
    • Netflix
    • Disney
    • Boeing
    • The gun companies
    • The car companies
    • The computer chip companies
    • Visa/Mastercard (if that were possible)
    • The banks (if they even exist in your country)
    • Exxon/Chevron (I’m dubious on promoting a local community oil industry though)

    I still use American streaming services (currently Amazon Prime) but I do the thing where you subscribe for 1 month and then unsubscribe for 2 years.

    The reason I’m boycotting is to undermine America’s power. I don’t think boycotting indie games made in America does that. It would weaken their currency but the effects are marginal. The real impact comes from buying alternatives until they get to a point where they can compete, and in the arts America already has that competition.

  • BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Yes. Yes yes yes yes yes. I cut netflix and will not watch the end of Stranger Things, although I watched the first four seasons. Incidentally-not-coincidentally also because of Zionism on this one. Nor Avatar 3 currently in theatres while I saw the premieres of the first two. I operated a paradigm shift in my mind: despite all the good people in the US, fuck the American way of life forever. I am moving back to Korean polars for entertainment.

    Edit: I will cherish my Jeff Buckley discography for life, but he’s long gone so there’s nothing new to boycott.

  • evol@lemmy.today
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    2 days ago

    When I travel I sometimes get sad seeing how far Western culture as come and changed societies, feels like the McWorld has won (Even as someone who aligns very much with that culture). Would be hypocritical to judge them though

  • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    I tried to not buy or encourage the awareness of american products in any form, unless the creator of that product is somebody that I wish to support and the product is good.

    so yes, I will try to not spread the word of anything american, including culture topics, in an attempt to avoid promoting any spread of americanism

    if I am thinking about consuming american content, I will obtain it via free means and not promote it, merely consume it quietly by myself

    edit: I also tried to buy things at work through the Canadian supply chain as much as possible. not always possible, but I’m doing what I can

    also I really can’t see when I will ever return to the US. I think they would have to burn down the current system and start fresh for me to consider it. there’s nowhere in the US that I need to travel where I couldn’t travel within my country or to another country instead

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    2 days ago

    Include anche la lingua inglese. Da adesso su Lemmy si parla solo Italiano.

  • hoagecko (he/his)@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    While I’m not in favor of boycotting culture, I do feel like boycotting products and services that incorporate it.

    So I try to buy boycotted cultural products secondhand whenever possible.

    This way, I can legally obtain culture, but it prevents American companies from making any additional profits. (Naturally, I avoid using Amazon[.]com when making these purchases.)

    The problem then arises when an American artist performs in the country where I live.

    Naturally, experiential entertainment cannot be recorded, meaning it cannot be purchased secondhand. This issue determines whether a boycott is feasible based on how individual artists respond to corruption in the United States.

    Separately, I also try to avoid cultural dependency on social media platforms such as YouTube and x[.]com by prioritizing domestic alternatives (such as Nico Nico Douga and mixi2).

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    2 days ago

    America has so much to be proud of, and the current shit show the US government is right now should not be allowed to taint the great, music, art, or culture Americans have created. It is just a shame so much of what comes out of the US these days, and most western nations to be fair, is over processed landfill.

    I’m hopeful for change, I just worry about my patience for it.

    • Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 days ago

      America has given the world such cultural greats as: Jim Carrey, Seth Rogen, Ryan Reynolds, Alanis Morissette, Drake, Keanu Reeves, Ryan Gosling, the Barenaked Ladies, Sum 41, and Rush.

  • dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    probably the most directly helpful boycott is one that ensures money is denied to US companies so they are motivated to lobby and change things to protect their bottom line (as a last resort of course, and maybe not at all)

    cultural boycott is more extreme and less directly important to bringing about immediate political change, but is nonetheless probably an important part of bringing about rejection of US hegemony and dominance, so it’s not a bad approach in addition to denying the US your money