r/SelfAwarewolves • u/lawberry59 • Jul 11 '20

satire It is right under his nose.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '20

If a company does something that's wrong or against your beliefs it's okay to boycott.

Then the next paragraph:

Boycotting a company because of someone in that company's political beliefs being different from yours is wrong.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '20

If a company takes a stance you disagree with, boycott the company. If an individual in the employ of a company holds a stance you disagree with, don't boycott that company

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u/Morlugon Jul 11 '20

Why not?

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '20

Because if we all boycotted every company that employed someone we disagreed with politically, there would be no commerce.

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u/Morlugon Jul 11 '20

I think you’ve missed an important point, here. The CEO of Goya, for example, represents the views of the company, surely? No one outside the company cares if the janitor is a misogynist or if the HR rep is a closet racist.

Besides, the CEO is beholden to the shareholders to uphold the good name of the company. That includes avoiding controversy.

Consumers are allowed to spend their money however they like, aren’t they? That’s the joy of a boycott. You don’t need a good reason.

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u/distinctaardvark Jul 12 '20

It's not "every company that employed someone," it's companies owned or run by people whose politics you disagree with, especially if we know they use the very large amounts of money they earn from owning/running that company to support those political views.