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As someone targetted by the GOP's bullshit, I still don't care. Half-assed personal boycotts don't present the kind of numbers needed to effect change. Trump
by pdntspa 3y ago
As someone targetted by the GOP's bullshit, I still don't care.
Half-assed personal boycotts don't present the kind of numbers needed to effect change.
Trump and his cohorts getting their asses locked up does. Burning everything to the ground that belongs to neonazis does. The BLM protests did far more damage and effected far more change than the combined power of everyone who boycotts Chik-Fil-A, Hobby Lobby, or Yuengling.
- monodeldiablo 3y agoThey're not mutually exclusive. I can boycott products made by sociopaths and vote/protest/run for local office.
- debaserab2 3y agoPersonal boycotts don't have to have a large impact or meaning outside of however you feel about them. They're just for you: you can decide to allow your principles affect your economic activity or you can default into the powerless assumption that it's not worth the effort. I think it's a worthwhile exercise to ask yourself before you make a purchase somewhere that you feel OK with the ethical implications of your purchase - and I say this as someone who does compromise on my ethical positions constantly for convenience. It still matters.
- heartbreak 3y agoThe personal boycotts of Bud Light are hurting Anheuser-Busch InBev, aren’t they? Sales are down 30% in Q2.
- pdntspa 3y agoAnd they'll likely be back to normal next quarter