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> we can't use our wallet .. and yet, millions of people do exactly that. Consumer boycotts happen every day. Sometimes they even have an effect.

• rolenthedeep 4y ago
  >sometimes they even have an effect This is the point
• cortesoft 4y ago
  An organized boycott is different than just making an individual choice. And again, a single person defecting from the boycott won't make any difference either way.
  • AlbertCory 4y ago
    So you don't vote in elections, I take it? After all, almost no election is ever decided by one vote. (If it did happen, they'd have a recount because there are probably counting errors.)
    • cortesoft 4y ago
      Rationally, you are right that voting as an individual doesn't matter (I linked the Paradox of Voting in another comment for this very reason). I still do vote, though, because there are non-rational reasons I think voting is important. You are absolutely right, though, that pure game theory says voting is not important, and I believe that is why voting is not how we make changes to our society (at least not directly). It takes organizing.