While I do agree that we shouldn’t support her, boycotting really won’t do anything in this case. She’s a billionaire. If she stopped getting any money right this moment, she’d still have plenty left to keep hurting people for the rest of her life, and then some. We need better laws to protect the vulnerable. That’s basically the only way aside from taking away her and other billionaires’ wealth and redistributing it
“Lots of people are offering to contribute, which I truly appreciate, but there are many other women’s rights orgs that could do with the money, so donate away, just not to me!”
I’m not saying don’t boycott her. I’m just pointing out that alone won’t do much, if anything, to prevent her from hurting people.
You think that means she’s not trying to make more money? The HBO show, all the merchandise, themes parks, video games, and all the rest doesn’t count?
True, though IMO these things would come her way anyway because people like the franchise and corpos take advantage of it, and many people don’t know she’s a bigot.
But my original point still stands. You could take all that away today, and she’d still be able to hurt people with her wealth until she croaks. She’s that incredibly wealthy. Just one more reason why wealth should be capped.
While I do agree that we shouldn’t support her, boycotting really won’t do anything in this case. She’s a billionaire. If she stopped getting any money right this moment, she’d still have plenty left to keep hurting people for the rest of her life, and then some. We need better laws to protect the vulnerable. That’s basically the only way aside from taking away her and other billionaires’ wealth and redistributing it
She may already have a lot of money, but clearly she is looking for more. Why not deny her that? And the influence it brings?
Is she though? From the article:
I’m not saying don’t boycott her. I’m just pointing out that alone won’t do much, if anything, to prevent her from hurting people.
You think that means she’s not trying to make more money? The HBO show, all the merchandise, themes parks, video games, and all the rest doesn’t count?
True, though IMO these things would come her way anyway because people like the franchise and corpos take advantage of it, and many people don’t know she’s a bigot.
But my original point still stands. You could take all that away today, and she’d still be able to hurt people with her wealth until she croaks. She’s that incredibly wealthy. Just one more reason why wealth should be capped.
Nobody is arguing that. The point is she wants more and we can do something about that. So we should.