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Which companies PR department wrote this?
Not Sony's, that's for sure, since the point of my comment is advocating against giving them money.
I have absolutely no idea how you could misunderstand me so badly to think that this was somehow pro-corporate. If anything, it only supports my argument about how fucked up it is that people see things only from a capitalist perspective!
No, either you're arguing in bad faith or your rhetoric is seriously lacking. You open with "Boycotts don't work", then go on a rant about how people give/withhold money from corporations and then babble something about activists as if you couldn't do both, boycott a company AND support activism. It's clear you're not in favour of corporations but your argument is essentially to not even bother doing the bare minimum because it's not as good as a fundamentally different economical system.
I opened with "okay, but giving Sony money is not the most effective way to express that sentiment."
Don't accuse me of bad faith when you're the one lying.
Also, I've been boycotting Sony for literally decades (and have no intention of stopping). I'm speaking from bitter experience when I tell you it's not the best strategy, but I also never said not to do it!
If you're saying it won't work, why do it at all? Do you want us to waste our time?