Originally published at: Read David Hogg's Good Pillow manifesto | Boing Boing
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So, it’s really a “good pillow”!
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OK, but why pillows? And why should I buy this pillow from a software engineer and an activist? Is it as good as other pillows? Better?
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So this is what it has come to; I’m being encouraged to read a pillow manifesto.
Time to go for a walk in the woods.
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I get it, but in the end it just reifies the model of politics as a witless pantomime smackdown between Red vs. Blue pillow-based identities. Like, what if it turns out the evil pillows are objectively better for sleeping on? Does that mean evil wins just because it’s comfier?
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As good as or better than Lindell’s fascism pillow, I’m sure. Makes it easier for a decent person to sleep at night.
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My initial impressions are torn between “these are good ideals for a business” and “is this left-wing grift attempting to cash in on culture wars?”
Perhaps I’ve grown cynical. 
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What if it turns out that eating poor babies is objectively tastier than eating organic fruits? Does that mean that evil wins just because it’s tastier?
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Green happy fun ball!
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Well, we all hate Mike Lindell now so someone sensed a business opportunity, because there aren’t a lot of options in pillows, and there isn’t anything on the list about actually being, you know, a good pillow.
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Kind of a head-scratcher (the idea of starting a pillow company, not the actual pillows)
From Hogg, no, but I wonder about LeGate:
American internet entrepreneur and Thiel Fellow
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It’s a little too much like Latte Larry’s–spite pillows. Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 10 Episode 10 Larry David's Spite Store - YouTube
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Possibly because you want to support their cause and you want this sort of business model to spread to other products in the future?
That one should be obvious. It’s a bit petty but well-deserved.
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I suppose it’s only a grift if they don’t live up to their manifesto. Otherwise it might be a bad overpriced pillow but you still get what you expected, i.e. a living wage for the unionised workers and donations to charity.
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Organic fruit isn’t produced and marketed solely in response to the baby-eating movement
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How is that important for deciding to do one or the other?
I feel like that’s the right take. Hopefully it’s a great product.
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alright great, but how good’s the pillow?
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We’ll have to wait and see. Compared to MyPillow? At least it won’t have the smell of taint.
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