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Thoughts on whether boycotting is capitalistic. (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world
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I built a product and I framed a lot of the outreach presuming: boycotting is capitalistic. My product is framed in a way that also is intended to save capitalism from what I see as an inevitable collapse, and to delay late-stage capitalism. It was very difficult to build! But I wanted to know what you all think. To save SOME of you the effort, I went ahead and asked chatgpt, and got this response: "capitalistic in method, potentially non-capitalist—or anti-capitalist—in purpose."

What are all of your thoughts? If you had to classify boycotting as solely capitalistic, non-capitalist, or anti-capitalist, with no inbetween, where would you place it?

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[–] 3 points 3 months ago*

It depends what it is.

If it's a product then yes, boycotting is capitalistic. It is, in its method, a form of "free market" choice.

If it's a system (like strike action/protest), then it's anti-capitalistic, and could be classed as non-capitalistic because it's a form of socialistic action.

My 2c at least - but I don't pride myself on my vast intellect.

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