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Originally Posted by JurisDictum
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I just bought these shoes:
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Someone gave me $200 in Nike giftcards for my birthday... and I didn't have weightlifting shoes.
Nike is pretty famous for child labor.
Is it my fault that as some peasant given Nike giftcards I bought shoes with them instead of chucking them in the trash?
That's John Locke's argument...
I think that's bullshit. You don't necessarily approve of middle east wars when you fill your car up with gas and you don't think it's OK to discriminate against gays when you buy a Chick-fil-A sandwich*.
This is why we have laws and voting. If we could just act as some kind of disciplined group of consumer activists -- we wouldn't have the problems we do. We can't. You can't hold people to that.
Rich people are big fans of consumer activism because it allows them to feel morally superior but doesn't really affect the bottom line of their stock portfolio (because it doesn't work). |
i think consumer activism does work. The NFL has taken a big hit since players have knelt during the national anthem.
Also, the bus boycotts in the south seemed to work pretty well. The only time consumer activism doesnt work is when the government continues to subsidize the business or group. Our public school systems are a great example of this.
The reason why consumer choice fails when it does, is because the reason for the boycott or shift wasnt all that important in the first place.
just my 2 cents