It’s a good campaign. But in relation to your question of how do we attempt to live lives which take into account such issues, it’s probably a slippery slope that leads towards a consumer-centric model of change. No matter how many eco-friendly bicycles one purchases, or worker-friendly cappucinos, or whether one does the weekly shop in a unionised supermarket or in Aldi/Lidl, those choices don’t in themselves do a whole lot. A politically motivated boycott would be a different matter, as a focus for public agitation, but the individualisation of the process of boycott (or approval) adds up to not a hill of beans. Not saying it’s not worth making the effort, only that one has to recognise the limits on any potential for change through such actions.
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