> On Jan 25, 2010, at 9:56 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
>
>> And there is no kind of fault in any kind
>> of personal consumption unless it involves breaking a seriou organized
>> boycott or picket line. I thought we had gotten rid of this sort of
>> arrant pompous nonsense after the first couple years of this list. The
>> left is about organized collective activity, not fussing about how
>> individuals spend or dont't spend their time or their money.
>
> I couldn't agree more. I always tell people when they ask about
> "ethical investment" that they should avoid the most odious shit and
> otherwise just hold their noses and do the right thing with the rest
> of their lives. The whole social investment thing is just a liberal
> salve to guilty consciences. Fuck it.
My favorite t-shirt, mocking the Gap, Inc.'s "product(red)" campaign:
http://rumplo.com/tees/tee/3224-conscience-cleared