It's interesting that you oppose "being yourself" to "socializing skills"...
SebaDC
joined 4 months ago
Finally some good news! /s
This is so ironic 🤦🏻♂️
Terrific! Congrats!
Yes. We're all like this. Go ahead 😉
Do they? Most founders located in the USA are either heirs of Fortunes or foreigners.
They're especially good at:
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Financing: they have been printing money line there's no tomorrow and pumped their stock market
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Marketing: many of us here aren't native English speakers and yet, we communicate in English. This puts native speaker at an advantage
So no. They don't do so much better things. They are just reckless their own people for the sake of the economy.
And yes. Not buying from them, especially for things that are commodities (benzin, diesel) or bad for your health (soda, junk food) is actually hurting them.
To paraphrase Jeff Winger:
You may have read it, I may have thought it, but I didn't write it.
For one: ownership. Nobody can take away your DVDs legally.
Second: you can buy 2nd hand. Only the (local) reseller makes money.
Third: you can buy local content...
Fourth: no recurring sales for Netflix & co. And this is huge. Because they use their ARR to get financing, Netflix & co need you to pay monthly. Buying DVDs is much less predictable and does not give them the same financial power.
Fifth: you can lend them. Want to share a movie with friends? They didn't need their own subscription. You can just lend them the DVD. Again: less sales.
Finally: once you start going this, your discover your local ecosystem. Libraries, associations, forums etc. With doing like this for culture (Books, music, movies), tools, and even expertise.
Americans won't have money to pay for it products anyway. I'm not even sure 15% will be the problem.
We are now in a neo-liberal economy. Your wallet has more (or at least as much) power than your ballot.