Huh. So Ronald Lauder, the billionaire who owns Estee Lauder, is apparently the guy who convinced Trump that he should destroy NATO by invading Greenland.

dymaxion@infosec.exchange

Maybe don't buy shit from them? Here's a convenient list of their brands: https://www.elcompanies.com/en/our-brands

And sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Lauder
http://web.archive.org/web/20251107131250/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/us/politics/trump-greenland.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/ronald-lauder-billionaire-donor-donald-trump-ukraine-greenland

lucybeahere@mstdn.social

@dymaxion

And ofc (just in case some of your followers don’t know), his son-in-law Warsh is Trump’s nominee to chair the Fed.

quinn@social.circl.lu

@dymaxion I'm pretty sure without looking that I've been boycotting them since I was born

dom@mstdn.ca

@dymaxion As a man, I'm good. I never used any of these brands and besides "Estee Lauder", never even heard of all the other ones!

dyckron@mstdn.ca

@lucybeahere @dymaxion

Carney calls Trump’s U.S. Fed chair pick, Warsh, a ‘fantastic choice’
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/carney-calls-trumps-us-fed-chair-pick-warsh-a-fantastic-choice/

lucybeahere@mstdn.social

@dyckron @dymaxion

Gross. But not surprising. Most of what I’m seeing is blandly approving. Which is why Krugman’s piece is so important. (Yes, it’s Substack, sorry).

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-bad-heir-day-at-the-fed

usdemocracy_org@mastodon.social

@dymaxion
There are many companies who supported Trump that we should not buy stuff from: Amazon, Apple, Meta, McDonalds and many more. A worldwide boycott like that being done in Canada would serve notice to those oligarchs that their support of that damn devil comes with a cost.

cosmictraveler@mastodon.social

@dymaxion Disappointed to see Tom Ford, Jo Malone, and Aveda are Estee Lauder brands! I had no idea and will discontinue buying these brands!

gunstick@mastodon.opencloud.lu

@dymaxion are these bransds all bullshit stuff for billionaires? I have never heard of any of these.

dymaxion@infosec.exchange

@gunstick
No. MAC, for instance, is one of the best known makeup brands in the world.

ksylor@front-end.social

@dymaxion ah crap, that’s a lot of brands I buy from. Billionaires ruin everything

richspk@tech.lgbt

@dymaxion phew! Their companies don't seem to stray beyond toiletries.

martinvermeer@fediscience.org

@ksylor @dymaxion Might be easier if someone makes a list of brands _not_ associated with empire building, genocide, concentration camps, ethnic cleansing, pedophilia, ...

blotosmetek@circumstances.run

@dymaxion if you're in Europe and need an alternative for Lauder's cosmetics, Lush is British and quite ethical for a corporation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lush_(company)#Ingredients_and_ethics

noodlemaz@mstdn.games

@dymaxion @gunstick don't EL have loads of 'fragrances' too?
Quite a lot of people buy perfume. I don't but, it's in every department store.

nagaram@hachyderm.io

@dymaxion
A makeup industry billionaire?

Is there a lot of petroleum in make up?

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Huh. So Ronald Lauder, the billionaire who owns Estee Lauder, is apparently the guy who convinced Trump that he should destroy NATO by invading Greenland.