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People need to follow what they believe is necessary but I ask this: how many degrees of separation from your money is far enough to enjoy a product without having to worry about where the money is going? Eventually someone you don’t agree with will touch it.
I pay Mullvad. They pay the Founder. The Founder makes a large donation to anti-immigration parties.
Is that really enough abstraction for you?
“Yeah, I give money to the Nazi party. Do you know how long it’s been since they actually killed Jews? Get over it!”
I mean if you avoid companies where fascists directly profit from your purchases, I cannot think of a single company I would bet the house on not being one of those - so do you go hungry and thirsty or do you just steal all of your food and clothing and means of transportation?
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism. Or fascism. But maybe that’s being redundant.
I mean, it’s at least one degree of separation, right? Not giving money to Mullvad directly means Nazis have less money. So at least one.
Yeah, I mean people still drive VW and GM cars despite the respective manufacturers both benefiting from Nazi Germany during world war 2.
That is… very much a different thing in many different ways.
If people were buying them during WWII for instance, that would be a huge problem.
They did. After world war 2 ended, VW continued and GM reabsorbed Opel with no penalties.