Living in a capitalist country as we do, where a dozen or so persons/companies own multiple companies ( and in turn products) do you believe that it's possible to boycott a company if you disagree with their work practices,political/moral beliefs, etc?
I'm undecided, but tend to lean toward saying no. That is not to say I believe that one who does should not try to do so, it's just that big comapanies own lots of smaller ones that may seem to the buyer to be not as corporate. . . i.e. Johnson's owns Bert's Bees, Coca-Cola owns Odwella Juices, Nestle owns San Pelligro bottled water.
Anywho, enough rambling...your thoughts?
2007-01-20 17:54:01 · 7 answers · asked by jkautt 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
That it is to say, if larger companies own so many seemingly independent companies, it is possible to inadveretnly purchase a product owned by one of the larger ( and presumbly evil ) ones.
2007-01-20 18:16:34 · update #1
I think I get what your saying.. it's hard, even when you try to do good by boycotting a product, turns out the product you're using is owned by the company you're trying to boycott.
Is it possible?
Maybe, if you do your research. A lot of research. Most companies post what other subsideraries they own, but still.
For instance Rupert Murdoch owning the american rugby team! who would have thought?
So in the end, I guess you can just do your part and stay uber informed? It's a hard thing to do in our society...the FTC has become super relaxed regarding anti-trust laws.....
2007-01-21 18:31:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jessie Jackson dose it all the time when he feels his people are being discriminated against or a company dose not do what he says he gets his people behind it and goes on TV, and makes a speech about it, then the company pays him off, which is what he demands anyway to not boycott the company. He is also an extortionist. I wonder why the black leaders don't stand up for their people now, the Illegal immigrants mostly take jobs from low income blacks, they really don't care about the low income because they can't make any money off protesting against the illegal immigrants. That is why they only go against the big companies. Money, Money, Money. Boycotting was very successful in the fifties when the Blacks boycotted the bus companies, they walked, took cabs, car pooled. They were tired of sitting in the back of the bus. It was all started from a little black woman who refused to give her seat to a white man, Rosa Parks how brave she was. The bus companies caved, they lost to much money. Money talks.
2007-01-20 18:13:03 · answer #2 · answered by hexa 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, but not a big multi-national corporation like you're talking about. It's completely feasible to boycott smaller and privately owned companies: e.g. Carmex, Pom, etc. Not that I'd want to boycott these particular examples.
2007-01-20 18:04:50 · answer #3 · answered by you_likea_the_sauce 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would depend on the company and on how many people you can get to not purchase the product. For example it would be nearly impossible to boycott any gas. We need it for daily survival.
2007-01-20 18:00:14 · answer #4 · answered by wondermom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible if you can get the majority(or at least a very sizeable amount) of the people to boycott that company.
2007-01-20 18:02:50 · answer #5 · answered by liker_of_minnesota 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I chose not to buy gas at Exxon for several years after the Exxon Valdez disaster.
2007-01-20 18:39:24 · answer #6 · answered by MoltarRocks 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, if you get enough people behind you, absolutely.
2007-01-20 17:57:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋