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submitted 3 days ago by RetroSoul@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Had no idea a boycott was happening.

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[-] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 148 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It couldn’t come at a worse time for the company

Neither could their capitulation to Trumps bigoted rhetoric.

I got a lot of flak and eye rolls from my liberal friends a few years ago when I, as a queer woman, would criticize their Rainbow Capitalism. But Target is not an ally, they never were. They are simply a corporation that got some easy publicity in liberal spaces by showing the bare minimum decency.

Fair weather allies, aren't.

[-] GunValkyrie@lemmy.world 75 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Just to build on this. No publicly traded company is an ally to any group but its shareholders.

[-] booly@sh.itjust.works 33 points 3 days ago

That's why it's our responsibility as consumers to align their shareholder interests to doing the right fucking thing. Boycotts and other consumer action are part of their calculations on what the shareholder interests are, so a large population of informed consumers who vote their conscience with their wallet will provide pressure to do the right thing.

[-] shasta@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

So we must become the shareholders?

[-] WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 28 points 3 days ago

Target is under more pressure than companies like Walmart, John Deere or Tractor Supply, because Target went further in its DEI efforts, and it has a more progressive base of customers than those competitors.

This is wild move for a company on its arse anyway.

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