Modern times is producing alot of boycott of products and uprooting of the livelihoods of celebrities over allegations and such.

It is possibly a flaw, but I tend to not be an altruistic shopper in the senses that I do not choose to purchase or not purchase to make a 'statement' about something.

For example, if lifelong is a product that sells the proven BEST pacemakers out there, and I need a pacemaker, that is the pacemaker I will buy. I wont decide not to buy it because someone associated with it is convicted of murder, or rape, or says something offensive. I am not purchasing it with a goal in mind to support any person or persons, so I can not decide not to purchase it because I dont support certain person or persons. I purchase the best product for my need or want, at the best price. Period.

If, on the other hand, the actual MANUFACTURE of the product itself has caused harm, like if the only way the products are created is with the use of child labor or if the product is causing people to die, I will not contribute to the actual harm that product caused by using or buying it.

I enjoy and purchased R Kelly, even though he has a weird fetish for young girls, because that fetish is not whats producing the music and his music is an enjoyable product.

Many people enjoy Woody Allen movies even though he had a weird infatuation with his own adopted child, probably because that fetish also had NOTHING to do with the quality of his movies or their creation, and those people enjoy the product.

I like to listen to Farrakhan, even though he has said some outlandish things in the past, because I think he MOSTLY gives well thought, well educated, well studied, speeches and interviews (or he DID, he is also getting older and I haven't listened in a while).



Do you make your entertainment, services, and goods choices on political or social issues, or are you more of a consumer who makes practical purchase decisions based only on the quality and relevance of the product you need and want?

Myself when buying anything from food, clothing, house hold, music choices ect I buy/listen/watch what I like..

I don't base it off of what the person has done or did or how they think.. I buy the product due to it is the what fits my needs and what I like not what others like or say.....

Exactly.

I can't be "sold" something I don't want or need, just because I saw a commercial or hear people talking about it..

Never have been that way..
Don't get people who are...

I can be judgemental sometimes of someones actions ...

I use to think buy brand names ... but If I really like something...
I will try an get a few of them ... not expensive anymore ...

that is your choice and believe you should do what you want ...


I like to follow some of what I believe in... being my own choices...

I hate shopping anyway, since my local farmers market went bust last year.

But I insist on fresh produce, fair trade products, etc. I give a toss about advertising

I've thought about this a lot over the years. Early on, I bought in to the idea of supporting my ideals through my actions and inactions, but I rapidly discovered that it's far from easy to do that.

The main thing I ran in to, is that everything in the world is so intertwined. That whole "six degrees of separation" thing, that wasn't expressed using that term until years later, gradually became inescapable to me. I could try to pat myself on the back that I wasn't buying this or that which was connected to something I didn't like, but every time I looked further, I'd find connections between something else in my life, to something I didn't care for.

That, plus the fact that even a protest action doesn't have any use, if the thing or person being protested about doesn't know you're doing it, and have any reason to make whatever change you want.

I also have limits, similar to others expressed here. I still try to avoid buying things shipped here from China, in many instances, because I am upset with lower prices being ONLY because people who live and work in China, aren't allowed to have any say in how much they are paid, or in how cleanly (ecologically) they are made.

I've been interested on a related note, to see that some people (not here) have promoted the idea that I and others SHOULD support child labor elsewhere, on the grounds that that tiny pittance those children get, might be all that's keeping their family alive. I find such reasoning at least short sighted, and mostly dishonest. Moreover, if that reasoning is applied more, then the same thing can (and was in the past) said even here in the US, as an excuse for driving down wages for ANYONE who had to work for a living.

Sure, the ones I believe in, to the degree I feel like, based on the lesser of evils, cost, convenience, and need vs. want.


The more expensive something is, the more pragmatism dominates my consideration.

In most cases, I choose the best product for me at the best price. I do make exceptions and refuse to support certain situations. When a local merchant puts his/her beliefs that I don't agree with in my face or publicly, I will not support them in any way and will tell others that I do not and why I will not. Like wise a business that I feel is stealing my personal information or twisting the truth to serve their purpose, I will not support.

I make my purchases according to my preferences.
I don't watch TV so I am never influenced by commercials or trends.
I don't really care about celebrities so I'm not influenced by them either.

One thing I am influenced by is the packaging and whether that packaging will bio-degrade or can be reused.
I'm now environmentally conscious when I make a purchase.
I don't recycle (no recycling programs available) but I do minimize my waste footprint and I am very aware of power requirements.

Expensive perfume contains ambergris (extracted from a sperm whales stomach)
strawberry ice cream contains something extracted fro a beavers scent gland.

the more you find out about these things the less you want to buy them.
Fortunately for the manufactures and advertisers, there is always a fresh batch of young people, that haven't found out about things like this. and willingly sign a whales death petition, or eat something extracted from a beavers arse.
personally I grow my own strawberrys and local produced cream and make my own ice cream. It tastes different. but I know why. I gave up my Bleu de CHANEL lol

I don't really think about things that are non food though. same as most people.
I would buy the best pacemaker too. branding or boycotting dosen't enter my mind to be honest.

i love being altruistic when i have a petty cash fund for that purpose.