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minus-squarePopOfAfrica@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up38arrow-down4·1 year agoId argue there is no ethical consumption under capitalism. Trace a supply and sales chain far enough, and somewhere there is abuse.
minus-squareMBM@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year ago90% of the time when I see that phrase, people are using it to say it’s pointless to boycot a particularly bad company
minus-squarepomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoOh I haven’t heard that pairing, that’s awful. Boycotts are not pointless. They don’t really address root causes, ofc, but they’re something.
minus-squaresolstice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoYou should watch The Good Place if you haven’t. They definitely explore that thought and it’s an outstanding show in general.
minus-squaresolstice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoMight be the single smartest show I’ve ever seen on TV
minus-squaredeaf_fish@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoI agree with you, but to be clear, you aren’t saying it’s not okay to have things you want right? The wording of your post made me think you were refuting that argument.
minus-squarePopOfAfrica@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoIm saying we are all actively participating in abuse when when buy what we want. It depends how you internalize that fact as to whether its OK or not.
Id argue there is no ethical consumption under capitalism. Trace a supply and sales chain far enough, and somewhere there is abuse.
90% of the time when I see that phrase, people are using it to say it’s pointless to boycot a particularly bad company
Oh I haven’t heard that pairing, that’s awful. Boycotts are not pointless. They don’t really address root causes, ofc, but they’re something.
You should watch The Good Place if you haven’t. They definitely explore that thought and it’s an outstanding show in general.
Can confirm that show is great.
Might be the single smartest show I’ve ever seen on TV
I agree with you, but to be clear, you aren’t saying it’s not okay to have things you want right?
The wording of your post made me think you were refuting that argument.
Im saying we are all actively participating in abuse when when buy what we want. It depends how you internalize that fact as to whether its OK or not.