Comment on Framework supporting far-right racists?

• DoPeopleLookHere@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Then why did people freak out over serving gay people?

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Idk, but choosing to not serve people is a good reason to not buy from them, even if you’re not impacted, because they could choose to not serve you or your friends. That said, of the owner doesn’t support gay maffkagy but serves and hires gay people, that’s a different thing entirely.

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    • DoPeopleLookHere@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s a lot of bending over the point of money has always been political.

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        In am abstract sense, sure. But boycotting businesses over something their owner or executive said doesn’t send a very clear message.

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• bss03@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Voting is wielding political power, whether it is with your wallet or anything else.

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It doesn’t have to be, and that’s my point.

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    • bss03@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Using your wallet doesn’t have to be political.

      Voting is, by definition, political. It is a common part of several different methods of resolving coordination problems (i.e. politics).

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        No, voting is only political if it’s part of a political process. Everyone in a group voting what kind of pizza to order isn’t political, and it can merely be informative (e.g. the person ordering the pizza could pick something else). Voting is only political when it involves government.

        “Voting with your wallet” a metaphor. It just means changing your shopping habits so a company loses revenue, usually due to a recent change. Maybe it’s a policy you don’t like, or maybe it’s a drop in quality or something. It’s usually not a political act, though it can occasionally impact political policy (e.g. if the boycott is in response to a political change that involves the target company).

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