alt Hacker NewsSo you're saying if a company is boycotted by most of its poor customers, the rich customers will subsidize the loss? Do you really think that will happen?
Companies need customers, and if they lose customers, they can go out of business. The saying doesn't mean "the bigger the wallet, the bigger the vote" but rather "boycott this company and do not be a customer."
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Eisenstein • yesterday at 9:03 PM
No, that's not what they are saying. They are saying that the literal reading of the term itself implies that poor people have less of a say than rich people.
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This is effectively happening, not in the way you frame it, but companies has effectively moved to rely solely on the rich:
> The top 10% of American households in terms of income earned are driving nearly half of all U.S. consumer spending.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/us-economy-strength-ri...
Edit: An NPR episode on the concerning trend, https://www.npr.org/2025/11/21/nx-s1-5616629/consumer-sentim...