It’s very important to me given the current stakes. We need to be able to hold corporations accountable for their actions (after all they have the same rights as individuals). A great example is the companies still doing business with Russia. I use an app called Push To Leave to ensure I am not buying any products from those companies. The data is based off of a Yale project tracking each company. This is a great way for me to be able to hold Russia accountable for their war crimes.
Generally, I do not ever choose products, goods and services based on the political affiliation of the owners, companies, or stock holders. Those choices are driven by cost and quality. Most companies and corporations probably support many things that I find loathsome. I believe people have the right to boycott businesses if they wish but I have never joined any boycotts because rarely do they actually have an impact.
I don't choose art, theater, films, recordings, books, etc. based on the political orientation or moral failings of the artists. Orff and Strauss were apolitical and Nazi adjacent. Wagner was a raving Jew-hater. Picasso, Gaugin and Dali were misogynists. The list could go on but I don't believe any creative (I hate that word almost as badly as influencer!) should be cancelled but their creations judged solely on themselves and in the historical context from which they came. Soviets and fascists created some awesome art.
That said, I do not choose products, goods and services from companies who use religion and/or politics (right or left) as a marketing strategy. They are free to enter the market however they choose. They are free to distribute profits as they choose. But any company for whom implied discrimination against other religions, social and political affiliations will not have my business.
It is important to us. We left AT&T b/c of their support for insurrectionist Republicans, didn't buy a Toyota for the same reason, and I never shop at Home Depot, Overstock, or L.L.Bean b/c the owners or CEO supports Trump.
I am not a consumer. I am a client or a customer. You apparently regard readers as equivalent to bovine or ovis entities who eat without producing value.
What is the problem with folks developing parallel economies or societies? None of the folks that I see demand that other folks participate in their economies or societies.
It’s very important to me given the current stakes. We need to be able to hold corporations accountable for their actions (after all they have the same rights as individuals). A great example is the companies still doing business with Russia. I use an app called Push To Leave to ensure I am not buying any products from those companies. The data is based off of a Yale project tracking each company. This is a great way for me to be able to hold Russia accountable for their war crimes.
Generally, I do not ever choose products, goods and services based on the political affiliation of the owners, companies, or stock holders. Those choices are driven by cost and quality. Most companies and corporations probably support many things that I find loathsome. I believe people have the right to boycott businesses if they wish but I have never joined any boycotts because rarely do they actually have an impact.
I don't choose art, theater, films, recordings, books, etc. based on the political orientation or moral failings of the artists. Orff and Strauss were apolitical and Nazi adjacent. Wagner was a raving Jew-hater. Picasso, Gaugin and Dali were misogynists. The list could go on but I don't believe any creative (I hate that word almost as badly as influencer!) should be cancelled but their creations judged solely on themselves and in the historical context from which they came. Soviets and fascists created some awesome art.
That said, I do not choose products, goods and services from companies who use religion and/or politics (right or left) as a marketing strategy. They are free to enter the market however they choose. They are free to distribute profits as they choose. But any company for whom implied discrimination against other religions, social and political affiliations will not have my business.
It is important to us. We left AT&T b/c of their support for insurrectionist Republicans, didn't buy a Toyota for the same reason, and I never shop at Home Depot, Overstock, or L.L.Bean b/c the owners or CEO supports Trump.
I want to send my own write up as I have a point of view on many issues that 'normal' publications find very unpopular.
Send me a link please!
I am not a consumer. I am a client or a customer. You apparently regard readers as equivalent to bovine or ovis entities who eat without producing value.
What is the problem with folks developing parallel economies or societies? None of the folks that I see demand that other folks participate in their economies or societies.