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Activists Turn 85 Bank Of America ATMs Into “Truth Machines”

Members of San Francisco's Rainforest Action Network covered 85 Bank of America ATM screens with overlay stickers, the environmental organization reported, to create awareness of “everything BoA customers' money is being used for.”

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The ATM occupants replaced the usual Withdraw from Savings and Check your Balance options Thursday night with a new interface that offered "investment in coal-fired power plants, foreclosure on Americans’ homes, bankrolling of climate change, and paying for fat executive bonuses." No property damage has been reported as a result of the local activism.

RAN's "Automatic Truth Machine" campaign was specifically launched against BoA because, according to their BankruptingAmerica Tumblr, the financial services corporation is "trashing our economy and our environment in the name of profits." They have also posted an interactive Google Map with all 85 locations of the San Francisco Truth Machines, a copy of which you can view below or see here.

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  • lgagnon thinks Activists Turn 85 Bank Of America ATM... is Win  about 4 months ago
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  • I wonder if I will ever NOT be surprised by the idiots that think they're going to be rich some day, so they defend the greedy, corrupt 1%.

    ewoods08
    4 months ago
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  • Disrupting your day? Please! It's like Louis CK said, peoples lives are so easy in this country that they start making up problems. “Oh no, I have to peel this sheet of paper off of the ATM! 3 seconds are wasted from my commute to Starbucks!”

    David G.
    4 months ago
  • David G. thinks Activists Turn 85 Bank Of America ATM... is Win & LOL  about 4 months ago
  • “OMG FUCKING HIPPIES VANDALIZING AND WASTING A MINUTE OF MY LIFE TO MAKE ME THINK ABOUT SOMETHING!!” No, seriously, this attitude that this minor inconvenience is somehow much worse and more disruptive than, I don't know, the havoc huge banks have been wreaking on our country is indicative of how fucked up the priorities of most Americans are.
    If you think just getting a job and quietly moving on with your life is enough, you're either willfully ignorant or quite a bit more self-righteous than people who simply give a shit about this country.

    Riff
    4 months ago
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  • Just a simple overlay sticker, and easily removable. No damage just a little food for thought

    Plante12
    4 months ago
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  • Defacing and vandalizing with your self-righteous indignation bullshit is most definitely the way to go. Get out of my face and stop clogging up my day thanks.

    angelaw6
    4 months ago
  • you could just get a job instead of costing your city more useless money.

    jumjimbo
    4 months ago
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  • It's a neat display, but I imagine that it annoyed a lot of non-BoA people.

    smg7320
    4 months ago
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