[lbo-talk] west on obama and boycotts

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Wed Apr 7 05:38:34 PDT 2010


Andy wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 7:57 AM, shag carpet bomb <shag at cleandraws.com> wrote:
>
>
> I've been curious for a while about the difference between boycotts
> (good) and socially conscious consumerism (bad).
>]

"Good" vs "bad" is seldom if ever a useful comtrast.

Organized boycotts: Sometimes useful

Socially conscious consumerism: Yawn.

Demand for socially conscious consumerism: Go fuck yourself.

Carrol



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