Until their government stops murdering people, Israel needs to be pressured as a whole. Their citizens need to be fed up with it and put a stop to their government, and boycotting them helps.
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UltraBlack@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Bro why is everything from israel now bad??
Their companies have fuck all to do with the government’s decision
Snowpix@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
zululove@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
What a weird thing to say when we are watching a genocide live feed every day fucking think bro lol
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
israeli companies cant exist without the approval of the israeli government, so by extension they are supporting them through taxes, and propaganda(good pr). its the same with the CCP, although its more extreme, chinese companies cant exist with the explicit approval of PROC government. Unless its a israeli company thats based in the EU with no ties to Israel, than thats different.
Cataphract@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I’m not 100% on board with @sulgoth@lemmy.world because it gives off some “but you participate in society, interesting” vibes. However, as an American I am all for people from the rest of the world boycotting our products (and this time not because of the health implications!). When Canadians were promoting non-american alternatives I agreed with them so I think we can say fuck companies and still stand with the actual individual people who want peace and everyone to prosper respectfully.
sulgoth@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
By definition of their country they’re supporting their government, through taxes if nothing else.
jjlinux@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I get that, but it’s not like it’s optional to pay taxes.
Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
The point is more: Crunchyroll chooses to pay the sub company (Israeli based) to provide them with a service. The company pays taxes to the Israeli government. So the flow of money becomes:
Subscriber pays Crunchyroll Crunchyroll pays sub company Sub company pays taxes to Israeli government
If I don’t want my dollars to go towards the Israeli government even in a small scale, I don’t pay Crunchyroll.
As one person, it isn’t much, but multiply that by a million subs and now you’re sending a message
UltraBlack@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s not like many of these businesses have much of a choice…
whereyaaat@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
Israel is one of the most expensive places in the world to do business.
They have more than enough choice to move somewhere without the local hostilities and human rights abuses.
They choose not to because of religion.