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by bell-cot 926 days ago
> ...the owners and managers of Western companies, who supposedly share my moral ideals, continues to do business...

SUPPOSEDLY - just like Big Tobacco has always wanted everyone to know the scientific truth about the health effects of smoking tobacco, right?

Capitalism optimizes for profit. If some profits need to be foregone or spent on pretending to share the moral ideals of the consumers - that also gets optimized, to minimize performative idealism and its costs.