And, importantly, so the boycotters had a finish line in view
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Replying to @arthur_affect
If MLK had asked people to undergo tremendous personal hardship "until systemic racism is over" most of them wouldn't have even started
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So the typical boycott on the Internet is the opposite of that boycott in all these ways
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They're generally boycotts of discretionary purchases, where they expect customers to come and go as tastes change anyway
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They're stated as a way to just generally express disapproval as opposed to having a specific goal
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They're aimed at large and very well known brands with deep pockets that know how to hedge their bets
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And they're not organized in the meaningful sense
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A strike works bc it's organized. Telling people "Hey, if you work for this bad company, QUIT" does not work
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None of this is to say that you shouldn't say you dislike a company and you're not buying from them anymore bc X, Y and Z
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But that's not a boycott, just like "I quit working at this place bc X, Y and Z" is not a strike
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It's unlikely to have any effect on the company's decisions. Which isn't a reason not to do it, as long as that wasn't your reason TO do it
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Replying to @arthur_affect
I'm curious what you think about the @BuycottApp/if you've ever encountered it...
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It organizes lists of causes and companies that are for/against and enables you to scan items before purchasing
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