[lbo-talk] chipotle restaurants and immigrant workers-a chipotle fan speaks up

[// ravi]

On May 8, 2011, at 11:33 PM, Miles Jackson wrote:
> // ravi wrote:
> 
>> But I do not see all consumer politics as a shallow gesture
>> (nor do I see it as moral lecturing, as Carrol does), for to me there
>> is no substantive difference between choosing to not consume products
>> that are a result of torture and brutality, and choosing not to cross
>> a picket line.
> 
> All commodities in a capitalist society are directly or indirectly the
> result of torture and brutality.  Choosing one over another will do
> nothing to change the economic system in which the commodities are produced.
> 

Sorry, I don’t understand a word of that. But I appreciate the response.

	—ravi