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A company staffed by racists will by boycotted by the majority of consumers. Its only customers will be other racists. Plus, most other companies will refuse t
by puranjay 9y ago
A company staffed by racists will by boycotted by the majority of consumers. Its only customers will be other racists.
Plus, most other companies will refuse to supply goods and services to it lest they feel the backlash of catering to racists.
Not exactly a feasible venture.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoLike today majority of soft drink consumers boycott Coca Cola? See e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Coca-Cola#Investments_and_operations_in_apartheid_South_Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Coca-Cola#Investm... Actual experience has proven beyond doubt that boycotts don't work, and even if a company has blood on its hand, their deeds are quickly forgotten.
- puranjay 9y agoYour own link talks about how the drink was boycotted across campuses. But you can't bring up the Apartheid and not dig through a huge history of companies, countries and people explicity or implicitly supporting it. Doesn't justify anything of course but Coca-Cola wasn't the only company doing it
- TeMPOraL 9y ago> Your own link talks about how the drink was boycotted across campuses. Didn't change much. > Doesn't justify anything of course but Coca-Cola wasn't the only company doing it That's my point, though. Plenty of companies have engaged in abhorrent acts, with little meaningful consequences to them. The market is not good at solving these types of problems.