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> This narrative would be compelling if I disagree. Saying "don't like it? don't use it" is in a very real sense equivalent to advocating for unethical practic
by deogeo 8y ago
> This narrative would be compelling if
I disagree. Saying "don't like it? don't use it" is in a very real sense equivalent to advocating for unethical practices to continue - because that is what past experience shows will happen.
There are countless companies with unethical business practices, with extremely complex, ever changing ownership webs (and looking at the actual people who own the shares makes it even more complex). Figuring out which companies to boycott is much more than a full-time job, and has been shown to rarely work (e.g. there wasn't much of a boycott even in the case of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Fruit_Company#Aiding_and_abetting_a_terrorist_organization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Fruit_Company#Aiding_an...) - the complexity of organizing a boycott for every unethical company is simply too great.