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How to Boycott a Company By Talking About How Bad It Is and That’s It (thehardtimes.net)

submitted 7 months ago by ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

...i finally relented relented a twenty-eight-year boycott against sony in 2019; that didn't work out so well...

[+] glimse@lemmy.world -8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Major respect for having the resolve to keep boycotting that awful company. If only more people were like you, Nestlé would finally get some sort of punishment for their atrocities.

[–] ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Vegans manage to boycott the meat and dairy industries. Definitely possible!

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Not to diminish their successes in boycotting meat and animal products, but I would say they have a couple of advantages that someone boycotting Nestlé wouldn't:

Food ingredient labels.
Avoiding the entire industry rather than a subset of producers within an industry.

[–] testfactor@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I don't think I know a single person who was boycotting Chick-fil-A who stuck it out.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I am one.

It's very easy when there's so many better chicken sandwich alternatives. Popeyes chicken for example, Wendy's. Not to mention the half a dozen local joints.

[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 7 months ago

Just trying to safely navigate their overcrowded parking lots is enough for me.

[–] Shyfer@ttrpg.network -2 points 7 months ago

I know one! I decided to boycott other stuff because I knew I likes their sandwiches too much lol.