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> You could use the same type of logic to argue that voting is meaningless Wouldn’t it be more apt to compare it to not voting? If morally principled people op
by LionTamer 4y ago
> You could use the same type of logic to argue that voting is meaningless
Wouldn’t it be more apt to compare it to not voting? If morally principled people opt not to vote then the leader is chosen by those who are not morally principled, and the parent comment argues that if morally principled people opt to divest from tobacco then only the morally unprincipled remain as the shareholders in the industry.
- paulryanrogers 4y agoBuying and owning shares sustains what the company does. That's the vote. Shareholder voting is another more fine grained dimension, and one that requires compromising ones integrity.
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 4y agoThat distinction doesn't really matter here. The point is that no matter whether I vote or not, the size of the effect of my decision is roughly the same, namely 1 vote. Therefore the fact that I'm only 1 vote is not in itself an argument for deciding either way.