I don’t get why people carry this neoliberal obsession with individual atomization into non-liberal ideologies. I’m not going to assume the commenter is a liberal; I’m going to assume that they have strong convictions against the capitalist ownership of art. That’s a sentiment I agree with. But you don’t dismantle systems through individual action. It’s like that NYT columnist that thought she alone could dismantle racialized educational outcomes by sending her daughter to a poor school. No wonder her daughter couldn’t read until 4th grade, or do long division until 9th. Or this fash prick I work with who is in 6-figure debt to a hospital because he “thinks health insurance is a scam” and didn’t get any. It’s funny in his case, but also, like bro what are you doing?
Or boycotts, Jesus Christ. People I agree with won’t shop at target because it pulled pride merchandise, and I’m like, did you tell target that? Because the point of a boycott isn’t that you don’t shop there, its that you have an organized resistance against a store. BDS wasn’t effective because some people independently decided to not buy Israeli goods, it was effective because it had militant media presence to advocate and pressure people not just out of buying Israeli goods but into discussing the ethics of even accepting Israel as a state. It was so effective that multiple governments had to pass legislation banning institutionally boycotting Israeli goods, so-called anti-bds laws. If you want to boycott Starbucks then be my guest, but unless you’re also out there with a picket or donating to people who are, you’re just missing out on some (ass) coffee.
I don’t get why people carry this neoliberal obsession with individual atomization into non-liberal ideologies. I’m not going to assume the commenter is a liberal; I’m going to assume that they have strong convictions against the capitalist ownership of art. That’s a sentiment I agree with. But you don’t dismantle systems through individual action. It’s like that NYT columnist that thought she alone could dismantle racialized educational outcomes by sending her daughter to a poor school. No wonder her daughter couldn’t read until 4th grade, or do long division until 9th. Or this fash prick I work with who is in 6-figure debt to a hospital because he “thinks health insurance is a scam” and didn’t get any. It’s funny in his case, but also, like bro what are you doing?
Or boycotts, Jesus Christ. People I agree with won’t shop at target because it pulled pride merchandise, and I’m like, did you tell target that? Because the point of a boycott isn’t that you don’t shop there, its that you have an organized resistance against a store. BDS wasn’t effective because some people independently decided to not buy Israeli goods, it was effective because it had militant media presence to advocate and pressure people not just out of buying Israeli goods but into discussing the ethics of even accepting Israel as a state. It was so effective that multiple governments had to pass legislation banning institutionally boycotting Israeli goods, so-called anti-bds laws. If you want to boycott Starbucks then be my guest, but unless you’re also out there with a picket or donating to people who are, you’re just missing out on some (ass) coffee.