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by praptak 1701 days ago
I'd say consumer boycott makes you feel better and you should partake in it if you want to keep your integrity.

Still it is not the way to change things:

"All in all, I think it is a mistake to defend people’s rights with one hand tied behind our backs, using nothing except the individual option to say no to a deal. We should use democracy to organize and together impose limits on what the rich can do to the rest of us. That’s what democracy was invented for!" -- Richard Stallman

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I agree with stallman's spirit but it's just as nebulous as boycotting - the average person cannot form their own democracy in a way that would effect change.