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As much as I'd like to say I do, I seem to be relatively incapable of boycotting companies. There's about a dozen companies I likely should boycott by nature of their 'worldview' disagreeing with mine, but I have yet to do so.
Among them:
Dominos, for the homophobic and fundamentalist religious leadership and policies
Pizza Hut, for their anti-CCW policies, particularly the firing of a delivery man who saved his own life with a CCW
DeBeers, Shane Company, etc., if not simply for the uselessness of non-industrial diamonds but for their supposed links to 'blood diamonds'
Axe bodyspray, because of their misogynistic, objectifying and offensive (even as a man) commercials
I'm not really sure what it is, but I find myself largely incapable of boycotting anyone on basis of my morals. I think its largely because (a) my morals aren't that solid and (b) I don't think boycots are even marginally affective.
I feel like it'd be a waste even if I had the motivation to do it, which I don't. It's kind of like "picketting" in labor strikes, to me.
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