[lbo-talk] Re: one day "shopping" boycott

[Michael Dawson]

Here's another question:  What percentage of the population would hold a
copy of adbusters in their hands for more than 30 seconds?  For a thing that
claims to be smashing corporate marketing tactics, it's pretty damned
reliant on conveying winking flatteries to its eency-beency audience of
hipster "activists."  Two frauds does not make a truth.


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> On Behalf Of frank scott
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> Subject: [lbo-talk] Re: one day "shopping" boycott
> 
> these things are well intentioned, but hardly effective given the small
> groups that promote them...
> 
> now if something called the american labor movement actually existed and
> called for a boycott, aimed at a major commercial enterprise, that might
> amount to something positive...but this? agree with michael d, that most
> who participate will just put off spending one day to do it the
> next...so?
> 
> further, if such a thing could actually happen, and "everyone" did not
> spend any money in any shop or enterprise, an awful lot of small
> businesses would suffer greatly, and some even go belly up, while large
> enterprise would simply make up the difference the next day...
> 
> we need better planning, and actions , than this sort of thing, which
> may seem to feel good, but won't really do much material good...
> 
> fs
> 
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