are you really making an impact?
food for thought.
Some will love this post, others will hate it.
As we all know boycotting is not a new concept, humans have been doing it for centuries around different topics and causes.
Currently, boycotting is a very hot topic among Americans.
What brands should we support?
What restaurants do we eat at?
What companies should we purchase from?
But I want to propose a question:
At what point are you successfully boycotting the villains of capitalism?
Hear me out.
I understand boycotting Starbucks and McDonalds because of their ties to supporting Israel but if you're still ordering your weekend oufit from Amazon, are you really trying to make an impact?
I don't think enough people realize - at the top, they are all fam.
And that's where I think we fall short in boycotting.
If we really want to make an impact and show these capitalistic assholes that we are not doing it anymore, we have to boycott it all and not just selectively choosing based off of personal thoughts and viral videos.
Recently, there was a rumor that Sephora donated a lot of money to the Trump campaign so everyone ran to support Ulta.
You know who owns Ulta? Blackrock.
If you're not familiar with the actions of Blackrock, they are the Thanos of our capitalist society - they will collect every corporate infinity stone and news flash: we don't have the Avengers to help us out of this one.
I want to be clear in saying that I'm not knocking anyone for their support of a cause but what I'm saying is that your actions can come off hypocritical.
This will sound very 1960s hippy of me but I wish we could just all come together and educate ourselves on the solution against all of these mega companies and corporations
Soma.
Ulta.
Chik-Fil-A.
Amazon.
Purdue Farms.
AT&T.
Playtex.
Ace Hardware.
Urban Outfitters.
TJMaxx.
Your favs are on the wrong side of history. I don't need a list of who to boycott this week because American society has made it so we are all complicit.
I wrote a previous post that touched on the fact that we do need a leader in this long-term game. As clarification, that will be not be me - I hate group activities.
But I just think our version of boycotting will not solve the solution to the problem.
America, as a whole, looks like a hamster on a wheel to nowhere.
Oof the hamster on the wheel. That's so so American it might as well come with a side of fries.
I hear you on the hypocrisy... boycotting Starbucks while unboxing Amazon packages feels like punching water.
But maybe that’s the real fight: accepting that none of us get out of this clean, yet showing up anyway, sweaty wheel and all.
No mockingjay, but I like to think we’re at least a flock of confused pigeons, flapping in the general direction of something better.
“we do need a leader in this long-term game. As clarification, that will be not be me - I hate group activities.” Same here same here lol. Anyhoo I’m on the side of the ones who love this article. And boycott whomever you want to boycott, that’s your right as a consumer, but sometimes people just want to tell everybody else they’re boycotting. Majority of the time Boycotting hurts the workers at the bottom that get laid off, not the millionaires or billionaires at the top. They have the money to cut their losses and retire or go elsewhere. Bobby Jo and Keisha that work at the actual store making barely over a living wage don’t. I dunno man, I don’t have the answers but…. Yeah.