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does boycotting work? i mean, when some country start oppressing their people, violate human rights or something like that, some people will boycott this country. the cause is good, but it if you ask me, it doesn't work on practice. i mean look at iraq. because of the actions od saddam there is sanctions on iraq, and the sanctions only screwed the iraqi people but not saddam. i mean, boycotting don't screw the oppressive elite but only the oppressed people. what do you think about boycotting?
In Iraq its not as much a refusal to buy Iraqi goods as it is a blockage of Iraqis buying goods from outside and restrictions on what goes into the country. Sanctions only harm the common people while the rich of the country like Saddam and his followers live like Kings because they already have large fortunes and because of their power they can force people to do anything for them or they can take what they like. UN/U$ sanctions on Iraq only affect the poor as Saddam refuses to spend any of his own fortune on the people of Iraq.
There were two “Reigns of Terror,” if we would but remember it and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passion, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon ten thousand persons, the other upon a hundred millions; but our shudders are all for the “horrors” of the minor Terror, the momentary Terror, so to speak; whereas, what is the horror of swift death by the axe, compared with lifelong death from hunger, cold, insult, cruelty, and heart-break? What is swift death by lightning compared with death by slow fire at the stake? A city cemetery could contain the coffins filled by that brief Terror which we have all been so diligently taught to shiver at and mourn over; but all France could hardly contain the coffins filled by that older and real Terror... --- Mark Twain
Boycotting is more than against countries.....boycotting was invented in Ireland...some asshole landlord named Boycott was the victim.
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However I think some of what you are saying is true, new democracy, even if.......
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even if what?
I didn't know boycotting was invented in Ireland. Guess we invented a lot of strange things like Lynching named after someone called Lynch who hung his own son.
There were two “Reigns of Terror,” if we would but remember it and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passion, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon ten thousand persons, the other upon a hundred millions; but our shudders are all for the “horrors” of the minor Terror, the momentary Terror, so to speak; whereas, what is the horror of swift death by the axe, compared with lifelong death from hunger, cold, insult, cruelty, and heart-break? What is swift death by lightning compared with death by slow fire at the stake? A city cemetery could contain the coffins filled by that brief Terror which we have all been so diligently taught to shiver at and mourn over; but all France could hardly contain the coffins filled by that older and real Terror... --- Mark Twain
Boycotting is essentially a method to hurt the capitalist infrastucture of a country or a capitalist organisation.
It only really starts to affect the target if the boycott is widespread. People often use boycots to salve their own concience to help them think that they are playing their part, that they are not complicit in the reasons for boycotting.
I believe the boycot of South African produce during aparthied had quite an impact on their fruit and vegetable exports.
In all reality, the boycot one Bacardi will have minimal effect as it is present in pubs and bars the world over. If there is a concerted international campaign to inform the public, then maybe a difference can be made, but too few people care about Cuba really (especially in the US).
Things like the boycotting of Israeli and Zimbawean produce will have a higher impact because they are widespread and the actions of these countries is in the public eye. Similiarly with Esso, that is quite widespread in the UK.
The avalanche has started, it is too late for the pebbles to vote.
Sanctions and Boycotts have only been shown to work when the people of the country support them, such as in South Africa.
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I can't remember.
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As a smart man once said: "There is not a right live in the wrong one"
No matter what you do, you always have to take part somehow in the capitalist system to survive, and you always make yourself guilty in some way.
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