Do you judge people for buying stuff that you're boycotting?
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I seen too many internet forums saying that if you don't boycott X, Y, and Z, then you're a "terrible person". What do you think about that?
Nah. People are more ignorant than they are evil, and ethical consumption in capitalism is at least difficult. I'm sure I'm doing something that inadvertently helps an evil cause somewhere in the world...
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I judge people who claim to be boycotting something they were never planning on purchasing. That's like not collecting stamps as a hobby.
My main hobby is not collecting stamps. lol, I'm going to use that somewhere.
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Judge… no… help to educate… try to be better myself… yes.
Also, consider the part you’re saying “… many Internet forums…”.
The same forums filled with random people… some of which have nothing better to do than bitch and complain… act better than others just because… preach their perspective because it’s “right”.
Even Lemmy is not immune to “you’re a terrible person” syndrome.
This question is never going to be black and white, regarding how or where people spend their money responsibly. Especially given the difficulty of knowing where some products originate, or what they are tied to, not just where you buy them from.
wrote last edited by [email protected]But they're all such perfects paladins of righteousness that never do anything wrong! We should be kneeling before them and basking in their beautiful aura of pure goodness!
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If they know better and there is no legit difficulty in not buying it then yes.
There is no reason why you would have to buy Coca Cola, McDonalds or other trashfood supporting genocide. There is no reason why you would have to buy Israeli anything. There is no reason why you would have to buy brands a Reebok or pay for Microsoft games.
Your employer forcing you to use Microsofot for work is a different matter.
If you do nonetheless, where you have no need to, you are choosing to support genocide and that makes you a terrible person and in a just world you would have to face criminal charges for it and have your money taken away to compensate the victims.
As the other commenter mentioned “there is no ethical consumption under capitalism” if you choose to boycott Reebok and instead purchase Nike you are instead “supporting” Uyghur Muslim slave labor. If instead of supporting McDonald’s you go to subway you are “supporting” Russias illegal war in Ukraine.
If you want to boycott the causes that are most important to you that’s great but thinking people should face criminal charges for being apathetic amongst a minefield of shit companies is ludicrous
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I seen too many internet forums saying that if you don't boycott X, Y, and Z, then you're a "terrible person". What do you think about that?
Thinking anyone is a terrible person is a great first step in making sure you will never win them over to your way of seeing things.
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I seen too many internet forums saying that if you don't boycott X, Y, and Z, then you're a "terrible person". What do you think about that?
wrote last edited by [email protected]Everyone saw that Hitler salute in 2024. There wasn't a person on the planet who didn't see that. I highly distrust anyone driving around in a 2025 Tesla, the new ones with the knockoff versions of the Lucid light bars. Creepy AF to see, especially in a theoretically "progressive" area. Salute aside, he's an enemy to just about everyone on the planet for multiple reasons.
At least we know now.
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As the other commenter mentioned “there is no ethical consumption under capitalism” if you choose to boycott Reebok and instead purchase Nike you are instead “supporting” Uyghur Muslim slave labor. If instead of supporting McDonald’s you go to subway you are “supporting” Russias illegal war in Ukraine.
If you want to boycott the causes that are most important to you that’s great but thinking people should face criminal charges for being apathetic amongst a minefield of shit companies is ludicrous
As i said, where it is possible.
You loose 0 life quality by not buying trashfood. If you think that having the hottest fashion sneakers and trainers is more important than the literal life of other people, society should have an interest in locking you up. And obviously all the C-Levels that organize and commit these crimes should be locked up and have all their criminally hoarded wealth taken away.
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I seen too many internet forums saying that if you don't boycott X, Y, and Z, then you're a "terrible person". What do you think about that?
Only if you disregard any viable alternatives.
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I seen too many internet forums saying that if you don't boycott X, Y, and Z, then you're a "terrible person". What do you think about that?
I boycott businesses whose practices I oppose, but I won’t necessarily judge others for not doing the same unless they are deliberately supporting harmful ideologies and practices. Sometimes financial or geographical constraints prevent access to ethical alternatives.
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Everyone saw that Hitler salute in 2024. There wasn't a person on the planet who didn't see that. I highly distrust anyone driving around in a 2025 Tesla, the new ones with the knockoff versions of the Lucid light bars. Creepy AF to see, especially in a theoretically "progressive" area. Salute aside, he's an enemy to just about everyone on the planet for multiple reasons.
At least we know now.
Yeah man, agree with this 100%.
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Some people may not be informed about what is happening
They probably dont care about what a rich person does in a country on another continent
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I seen too many internet forums saying that if you don't boycott X, Y, and Z, then you're a "terrible person". What do you think about that?
Maybe, depends if they know why they should boycott it and if they can, and they don't, they probably aren't the greatest people I feel, specially if it's easy like the Hogwarts legacy thing.
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I seen too many internet forums saying that if you don't boycott X, Y, and Z, then you're a "terrible person". What do you think about that?
Not if they have to simply because of affordability, of course not. But I don't see why anyone who isn't American would be going anywhere near the US right now, and certainly trying to avoid American products. Canadian grocery stores are labelling what products are affected by tariffs and what products are Canadian and most people are really making an effort to not buy anything American.
I really do miss visiting the US though. I would go to Buffalo a lot for day trips and that really is a wonderful city, and you can't beat clothes shopping there. Not sure what it's like with the tariffs, but I shopped last fall for clothes and got AMAZING bargains.
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Some people may not be informed about what is happening
They probably dont care about what a rich person does in a country on another continent
Then I'm definitely judging them for that, too.
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I seen too many internet forums saying that if you don't boycott X, Y, and Z, then you're a "terrible person". What do you think about that?
Depends, because often times people need to survive and can only afford/don't have another choice than to spend their money on a bad company (I.e. Walmart), but if they are buying a Tesla, then yes
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I seen too many internet forums saying that if you don't boycott X, Y, and Z, then you're a "terrible person". What do you think about that?
I didn't used to, but I'm getting more judgemental as time goes on. I'm an ally and involved in LGBTQIA orgs and I can't tell you how many gay friends and acquaintances I have that still go to Chick-fil-A and Walmart. I'm harsher with those two, but now, I'll speak out against folks going to Target as well. Even without Target, Walmart and Amazon, I still have no trouble buying anything I need without inconvenience.
The only language large corporations speak is money and if you can't even boycott a company that makes mid fast food that's spending money to take away your rights, it seems pathetic to me. -
Would you not judge people for putting a gun to the head of a child and pulling the trigger?
Because buying from some companies is paying the salary and the bullets of the people who do exactly that.
When people are designated as "terrorists" you can even be held criminally liable under the current system, if you keep doing business with them. Shouldnt the same standard apply for people doing business with genocide?
Those are completely separate examples and you know it.
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Those are completely separate examples and you know it.
If you think that giving a murderer money so he can buy a gun to murder people with is not related to the act of murdering people, i would love to hear the explanation.
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I seen too many internet forums saying that if you don't boycott X, Y, and Z, then you're a "terrible person". What do you think about that?
i really don't a reason to judge people
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But they're all such perfects paladins of righteousness that never do anything wrong! We should be kneeling before them and basking in their beautiful aura of pure goodness!
Oh yeah, silly me, I completely forgot that part
