An interesting situation with a friend who wanted to go and buy peanuts because they were on special at a very low price.
I have expressed my disdain for a whole bunch of corporate giants that have no social conscience. I have also indicated that I carry my own little boycott against those firms I know are terrible employers, homophobic or donors to right-wing extremist causes.
Today; my friend, who is somewhat disconnected to the political world and lives his life stuck in books while he tries to get his nursing degree asked me if I wanted to go with him to Wal-Mart and buy peanuts because they were running a very tempting special.
I recoiled at the idea and soon let him know why. I told him that for every penny he saved on those peanuts and anything else we all, collectively bought there, we will have to pay one thousand times over that price in terms of lost freedoms, underpaid jobs, no benefit for its employees and worst of all he would be patronizing a business that is actively seeking to condemn, repress and even criminalize his sexual orientation. No, thanks, I just as soon pay a higher price. Actually John, I will be more than happy to give you the difference in the price that you pay at Wal-Mart as opposed to what I pay at a regular store.
He didn’t answer.
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