r/Music • u/warwickd • Oct 30 '25

music Don't Stream Fascism: No Kings Organizers Encourage Spotify Boycott Over ICE Ads

https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/no-kings-organizers-spotify-boycott-21127453.php
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u/Potential-Load9313 Oct 30 '25 edited Oct 30 '25

Who do you support instead of Spotify?

And if it's Tidal, I've got some potentially bad news....

Jack Dorsey is big on mesh networking, and research developments made in this field are prolifically used in drone warfare.

How many degrees of separation do you need to feel good about which billionaire you support?

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u/ThatNews7396 Oct 30 '25

I’m fortunate enough to be able to ride off my family’s Apple Music subscription. There is no ethical consumption under capitalism (especially streaming services), but I give Apple Music a pass for sponsoring Kendrick to tell off pedos at the Super Bowl

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u/Potential-Load9313 Oct 30 '25 edited Oct 30 '25

but also.... don't forget that Tim Cook was on the dais at trump's coronation and gave him that big golden award

it's not even an argument that donald has killed more people than the Spotify guy

so again.... I'm just wondering how many degrees of separation you need? 

is Kendrick Lamar really all it takes?

sorry for replying twice, just figured my replies were best formulated as two separate ideas 

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u/ThatNews7396 Oct 30 '25

It goes back to there being no ethical consumption under capitalism. Most corporations have had to bend the knee to our mad king, they exposed his shameless vanity while destroying their ethical credibility in a public fashion.

Plus Donny’s losing support and the veil of what the Republican Party stands for is being lifted because of what is happening. The deaths and pain he is causing now is going to cause the public to be aware of what harm loyalist grifters have on a democracy. We shouldn’t have to have death and destruction to learn, but we’ve been asleep so long.

The way I see it is that, Alternatively, AI warfare gone haywire serves no purpose for the greater good except “oops”.

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u/Potential-Load9313 Oct 30 '25

there's pretty much no ethical consumption under any system unless you're living in an agrarian society 

so really... your line is AI, that's it... regardless of any actual logic 

and that's fine 

however, you're not really even trying to make an "ethical" or "moral" choice when you support a one company that contributes to more actual deaths than another company... you are essentially a "single issue voter" and you are happy to ignore any atrocity as long as it doesn't cross your personal "red line" of AI warfare 

and this is completely common, you are not an outlier at all

but it is 100% folly to think that the people the people killed by trump and fascism somehow deserved it more than the people killed by AI drones 

don't pretend that the team you chose to join is any more righteous than any of the others 

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u/ThatNews7396 Oct 31 '25

100%, no one’s ideology is more or less correct. Deaths are never justified

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u/Potential-Load9313 Oct 30 '25

that's a respectable perspective 

I like Kendrick's message, but I just could never get into his particular style.