Remember that boycotting (or not crossing picket lines, including symbolic ones) is not about ethical consumption. Itβs not about ethics at all, and itβs not about performing purity. Itβs an organized action toward a material goal. Crossing a picket line can be thought of as working against the material goals of a strike.Β
If for whatever reason you canβt participate in a boycott in solidarity with strikers, itβs good practice not to make a lot of posts justifying your right to cross a picket line, or how you donβt believe in strikes for ethical reasons, or you donβt care, or whatever. At best, it shows that you are ignorant about what boycotts are and the issues at hand, at worst, you are just likeβ¦ doing unpaid labor for Amazon. At worst you are doing harm to workers. And literally everyone has heard it before. If you want to end performative internet politics, start with you! π
Happy strike, everyone!
