[lbo-talk] west on obama and boycotts

Andy andy274 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 7 06:10:04 PDT 2010


On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> 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.

I there was, refraining from the impulse to end with "And something unhelpfully vituperative from Carrol in 3, 2, 1..."

-- Andy



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