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Originally Posted by afa
Conveniently, it's always large and successful corporations that are the target of such ire, which suggests to me a motive less pure than objective criticism. How come no one is as passionate about being 'against' a small start-up? Am I really supposed to believe that all small companies are somehow 'good'? A lot of people, I think, fancy themselves as some sort of 21st Century Rebel.
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American politics. An attempt to rebel against a system they can't beat. Constant message that anyone who makes less than a million a year is a loser. Consumerism above meaning. Really, you have to live here to feel it.
Also, an effort at critical thinking towards seductive marketing. Ads for big companies are all about 2 things: their product will "open your horizons" in a way you could never do on your own and they are eco-friendly and moral companies who are "looking out for you".
Of course that is BS. and of course, any little company that has enough money tries to present their service in the same way. It's just that people don't see the messages from little guys as much as from big guys, so they think the little guys are just "doing their thing" while big guys seem to make an easy profit.
A cauldron of resentments, for reasons right and wrong.
But don't let that spoil your celebrations, life
is too short.