I thought they would be all for boycotts because it would attack the capital assets of the bourgeois. But I was told that boycotts hurt the small people “so don’t do them” without suggesting other actions unironically even when they’re complicit in crimes. Why not direct your money to supporting smaller businesses so they can poach the workers with better pay and working conditions when the corporations fire them due to there being less revenue in that quarter. We can break apart corporations such as Loblaws or Nestle if we stopped buying their products even in situations where they’re have the regulatory capture as the source of their moneymaking scheme would be completely cut off. It will become less and less excusable in the public’s eyes that the governments of the world are subsiding and allowing price gauging to go unchecked. They will pay a massive political price and will be quickly on the way out alongside the corporation.
Ahh here it is the one trying to protect capital at all costs while discouraging one form of activism.
Are you really an anarchist when you’re asking for state intervention.
Nice strawman there buddy. Keep yelling at the rooftops that opposing Nestle is pointless to protect their assets. There’s plenty of small independent companies you buy products from instead.
Are you really arguing the “all sides are equally bad” as Walmart the one who does balant unionbusting and seriously calling me the one who didn’t think much about the topic.
Walmart is not the only cheap place (before they raise the prices after driving out the game in town) you can shop at farmer’s markets, ethnic stores, Aldi, Costco…
Your initial question was valid but this response is naive and arrogant.
Hate to break it to you, but you don’t have that much power.
By all means boycott Nestle, everything you buy from someone else is a few bucks they won’t get, but they won’t care.
Even if you count ALL the people who hate Nestle AND know what brands they own, it’s not enough to end them.
Yes, every little bit helps and nobody is telling you not to boycott, but in reality, these things are rarely if EVER big and organized enough to amount to any more than a negligible drop in revenue.
There’s that defeatist mindset that won’t achieve anything. Nestle is nothing without the workers, customers and suppliers. We can inform more people about the scandals of nestle and of the alternatives.
And I fully support that. Keep fighting the good fight!
I’m just telling you why you might not get the excitement you’re looking for the next time you suggest a boycott.