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i’ve been thinking about this for a quite some months.. but can you really blame someone for not boycotting ? people on tiktok are so influenced and will boycott anything just because « they’re told to » and then will feel guilty for eating at Starbucks etc.
I was just like them. and would tell people not to eat or buy from this place or somewhere else because we need to « boycott » and we need to thrift for anti fast fashion. but do you think judging another person is the right thing to do ? when you don’t even care about other genocides, or animals for example. how dare you tell someone to thrift and die because they didn’t diy when you’re not a vegan, and have the lastest iphone?
bullying and hating on poor people never was the solution, and those stinky people on tiktok who think they’re better than anyone are stupid. activism is a choice. think about others but don’t forget yourself, do what you can do to make this world a little bit better at your own level.
how do you feel about all this ?
I don't think it's wrong to be upset if someone is apathetic about problematic corporations. But I do think we need to give ppl grace, because knowing and boycotting every single problematic business is near impossible. You'd have to live off the grid, grow your own food, and make everything by hand to be completely detached from it all.
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I agree, sometimes it just feels like virtue signaling to me.
Idk it's impossible to live in a way that is 100% ethical so shaming others for not boycotting is hypocritical. Also people forget that sometimes you have to live with what you can get, not all of us have the money and resources to boycott certain places that actually offer affordable s......
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a lot of these companies are made to take advantage/profit off of the poor with inexpensive food and fast made food for the overworked, tired, underpaid American worker. I used to think this but since the prices keep going up I’m starting to question the consumer honestly because buying from Starbucks has way too expensive for coffee, I wouldnt e......
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im not on tiktok so idk the culture/back-and-forth going on there BUT;; if i hand a terrible organization 10 bucks on my own free will just cuz it's most convenient, i think that's objectively immoral (unless i handed 10 bucks to an opposite organization and make it... amoral ig?) but it's also only like, 10 bucks of immorality;;; like not a "kys k......
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people are better off going to protests, putting pressure on goverments constantly speaking out and bring on voices across the world then boy cotting in my opinion. im not going to shit on people on tiktok or anywhere for deciding to boycott the way they can though, but i will shit on those get angry or judge other people for not doing so. (i also......
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You don't have to feel guilty about this.
They're just people who need attention and put others down to make themselves feel better.
That said, don't be like those 8k guys who signed the counter-petition on the boycott. There's a happy medium between ardent activist and asshole.
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The thing is it's basically nearly impossible like you said to boycott all the companies, and in fact, even if you cut out a lot, they're still major food products that everyone likes to consume that's owned by the same company. Like shareholders literally are getting a piece of everything so realistically I don't know who came up with it but it wa......
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