How to Boycott a Company By Talking About How Bad It Is and That’s It
How to Boycott a Company By Talking About How Bad It Is and That’s It
Here is how you can look progressive on social media while doing nothing in real life.
When I turn against a company I don't go back. It isn't political or a boycott but I haven't been to KFC since the Oprah free chicken debacle. There are companies I have been boycotting for political reasons for less time but I don't think I'll be back for at least decades.
...i finally relented relented a twenty-eight-year boycott against sony in 2019; that didn't work out so well...
I had to look that up https://youtu.be/xD9RH2HFzPA?si=tAA0pAilQIbk-ZjR
This is satirizing like 1% of boycotters while framing it as it was about boycotting as a whole. I dunno, this one's a huge miss for me.
Pretty sure the vast majority of people aren't giving money to thinks they say they're boycotting
You vastly overestimate the resolve of most consumers.
It's probably closer to 95% of people who give up on their boycott once they realize just how enmeshed company is in their market and how much extra effort it takes to avoid giving them any money.
I haven't faltered in my boycott of nestle. It's easy to avoid all of their products (and their sub brands), as there are plenty of alternatives.
But you're right. Literally impossible to destroy them with boycotting alone, since the many many businesses who do business with them. My solo boycott is barely making a dent.
I don't think I know a single person who was boycotting Chick-fil-A who stuck it out.