I'm not sure I would like to go to any bar or fast food place or anything like that, if they promoted their political views out in the open like that. Even if they perfectly alined with mine. I just don't want to see any of that, i'm there for the service and product.
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They just use the word efficiency because it sounds good. Its not like they actually care about any of what you said.
And Sensodyne is the opposite, I think. Started as American.
China never really had functioning democracy to begin with, so this comparison doesn't really apply. The point is to rise up before it gets as bad as in China.
No, the brand is presented as European, not the product itself. They should probably rework that a bit though, at least for simple things like peanuts or bourbon.
I learned from my wife to make pizza myself, just get the powder and make the dough from it and so on.. Much tastier
This game is a fucking banger.
Also, I’m pretty sure it got called Buy From EU because they wanted to create some sort of tribal attachment and appeal to a broader cultural connection, therefore highlighting the cultural divide between Americans and “Europeans.” Culture, culture, culture… Huh, I wonder what ideology has such a focus on culture… Bingo!
Yes I'm sure it's a "marketing" thing, to be catchy. I don't think its about divide, though. I still don't dislike americans or think that europeans are superior somehow, I just think this year has shown as that USA as a country can't be relied on and it would be dangerous to continue to do so. Hence why avoid their products. I don't like that youtube has no alternative and literally everyone and their grandma around me are using facebook messenger, for example. If everyone here stopped using these (not going to happen btw), it wouldn't be because of nationalism, I tell you that.
And please, the goal is not to “avoid USA products.” That’s not what this is about, and if you make it about that then it’s not a question of if nationalism will creep in; it’s a certainty. Make it about supporting EU-businesses, about strengthening the regional economy, and about showing that great products and services can be produced outside of monopolies!
I'm a bit confused why you think this isn't about avoiding USA products and why you say it with such confidence. The president of USA said/did bad things, the movement started/skyrocketed to avoid USA products, its not rocket science.
Make it about supporting EU-businesses, about strengthening the regional economy, and about showing that great products and services can be produced outside of monopolies!
Yes, I think that's it.
The E Jean Carroll trial that proved Trump raped her* ended in 2023. And he was convicted in early 2024 for 37 counts of felony fraud.
I understand that but it's kind of what i'm saying.. if I wasn't on reddit or lemmy, I probably wouldn't even know about it, since I don't really particularly care about Trump. I assume most people don't. Yes, the CEO of Proton should know better because that's his job, but in general I think people just really don't care and don't know. I think a lot of people just consider Trump a loud idiot, without giving much consideration into how dangerous him and his party is or what kind of felonies he has been convicted for.
I installed graphyOS on mine
I agree.. I just don't think its enough to compromise Proton as a company as a whole. I still hope they are legit about the privacy and customer protection. But yeah, it doesn't look good when the CEO is behaving like this.
EDIT: I also try to acknowledge that I spend too much time online (reddit previously, now lemmy) and from that perspective its so obvious what a shithead Trump is, but looks like a lot of "normies" are still not caught up with that reality yet. What I'm trying to say is that I try to remain more levelheaded about how people view Trump or Republicans. A lot of people were still thinking Musk is a genius (and I don't mean genius in scamming) even less than a year ago.. hopefully they catch up eventually.
then you don't get the purpose of this test