I see this a lot on Lemmy. Yeah, Chick-fil-A donated to prevent gay people from getting married, but other restaurants do bad things too. Yeah, Trump is bad, but his opponent is bad too. Yeah, slavery is bad, but other things are bad too.
Punish the worst option while working to get better options. If you reward the worst option, everything else will get worse too.
Part of the blame is on American history education. People don’t understand how change happens in America (and in democracies in general). For that, it needs to spend more time on black history, women’s history, and worker history. That’s why Trump wants to remove that history from museums and curricula.
Bad yes. And what now?
Modern slavery is a part of our production chain. Stop using OPEC oil? Stop using about any electronic device? Stop buying cheap clothes?
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism.
Make purchases as best you can, and work towards systemic change, comrade.
Yes. I try to.
I tried to make the point, that there are indeed valid buts and whatifs. ;)
I see this a lot on Lemmy. Yeah, Chick-fil-A donated to prevent gay people from getting married, but other restaurants do bad things too. Yeah, Trump is bad, but his opponent is bad too. Yeah, slavery is bad, but other things are bad too.
Punish the worst option while working to get better options. If you reward the worst option, everything else will get worse too.
Part of the blame is on American history education. People don’t understand how change happens in America (and in democracies in general). For that, it needs to spend more time on black history, women’s history, and worker history. That’s why Trump wants to remove that history from museums and curricula.