I'm not saying I won't participate in a boycott, I'm saying it's not clear that a boycott of VW benefits the greater good, because a) It's not clear that curren

I'm not saying I won't participate in a boycott, I'm saying it's not clear that a boycott of VW benefits the greater good, because a) It's not clear that current or future VW is behaving or will behave any worse than other car manufacturers. and b) There's pretty free movement in decision-makers between various car manufacturers. I don't anthropomorphize companies; they aren't people. They can be economically incentivized or legislatively regulated, but they can't learn. > Put another way: how bad does VW have to mess up before you consider more than your personal benefit? There'd have to be some indication that me buying a VW would be contributing to future mess ups.