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Comparing corporations from 80 years ago under a regime that was toppled to a shitty CEO from today is utterly meaningless. The point of conscientious spending
by FatActor 4y ago
Comparing corporations from 80 years ago under a regime that was toppled to a shitty CEO from today is utterly meaningless. The point of conscientious spending is to affect change. Not buying an Audi today does not send a message to Nazi Germany because it no longer exists (and it wasn't even Audi, it was their predecessor). Not buying a Tesla today sends a message to Tesla, because it exists. Make sense?
- alvah 4y ago"Didn't buy a Tesla" = sends a message to Tesla "Didn't buy a Tesla, bought an Audi" = poorly-executed virtue signal attempt.
- hrrsn 4y agoIf I was attempting virtue signalling, I wouldn't have bought an ICE over an EV.
- alvah 4y agoAudi sell EVs as well as ICEs. You said you’d bought an Audi after considering a Tesla. As I said, poorly-executed virtue signal.
- watwut 4y agoReally not. Only full on anti-capitalist care about origins of companies deep into last century. And even they are doing it for larger capitalism bad reasons. Plus there is nothing wrong with virtue signaling, really. It beats vice signaling by miles and it beats passivity too.
- FatActor 4y agoWhy is virtue signalling bad? It's demonstrating that you care about something related to human dignity. Do you really think that is so awful that you laugh at it? What would have been better virtue signalling?