Nov 06 2009
Alternatives not Boycotts
We are constantly bombarded with requests to boycott this or boycott that for many different reasons. Usually it is because some person or group has been offended (sometimes valid, many time not) in one form or another.
Boycotts are completely worthless without viable morally sound alternatives. People simply cannot or will not do without certain goods and services. And, in some cases, there are not alternatives for these due to the rampant plague of Global Capitalism consolidating the means of production in the hands of an increasing diminishing number of companies.
In addition, there would be no need for “boycotts” if there were many morally sound alternatives since many would gravitate to those without the need to call for “boycotts”.
We must look at either developing these alternative and/or breaking up the oligarchic and monopolistic control of production of Global Capitalism. That is, implement a socio-economic structure based on distributive principles based in Catholic Moral and Social teaching before it is impossible to do so.
