EnderMB@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago"Maybe This is Too Cool" - After years of layoffs and pay/resource freezes, Amazon execs treat themselves to a private Foo Fighters concert worth millionsradarblog.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square223fedilinkarrow-up11.17Karrow-down128cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
arrow-up11.14Karrow-down1external-link"Maybe This is Too Cool" - After years of layoffs and pay/resource freezes, Amazon execs treat themselves to a private Foo Fighters concert worth millionsradarblog.substack.comEnderMB@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square223fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
minus-squaretecht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down2·6 months agoWhat would be extremely rock and roll-- punk rock, even – is donating all of the proceeds from that show to pro-union efforts. #DonateItDave, or something
minus-squareLordGimp@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·6 months agoBlood money put to good use is still a karmic negative. Amazon dehumanizes people. Israel dehumanizes people. At some point the excuses aren’t enough anymore.
minus-squareddh@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 months agoMaybe look at it this way: Foo Fighters effectively get Amazon to fund union activity by playing on stage for a couple of hours.
What would be extremely rock and roll-- punk rock, even – is donating all of the proceeds from that show to pro-union efforts.
#DonateItDave, or something
Blood money put to good use is still a karmic negative. Amazon dehumanizes people. Israel dehumanizes people. At some point the excuses aren’t enough anymore.
Maybe look at it this way: Foo Fighters effectively get Amazon to fund union activity by playing on stage for a couple of hours.