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That might be true, but then what? How do they boycott / protest these companies they’re already not involved with and don’t really understand?

Maybe Amazon is the most exposed if the media is able to adequately explain how AWS and Amazon are related.

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They have money. And children. And grandchildren. Those things equal influence. They also have votes.

Sure, but you can only vote once and they already vote every election, so they can’t change their behavior there.

I suppose they could donate more but my neighbors still flying their Biden flags have money as well. For them, these events and tech bans have only justified their world view of how dangerous Trump is.

If the result on both sides is donating and voting and raising children that seems pretty consistent with the past few centuries of American politics. So, not much will change?

That's a fair point. However, it's a matter of how angry each side gets. There is some critical level of anger that provokes unrest and strong reaction.

> There is some critical level of anger that provokes unrest and strong reaction.

Very true. I guess it's a fine line between being objective and being pragmatic. We don't want other people's anger to put pressure on our moral compass, but we don't want massive unrest either.

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