…this represents the great truth that democracy may not be be complicit with unethical forms of capitalism (if not capitalism itself). That is, if people are given the facts, and begin to care about how people are actually treated, and begin to care about equality of our citizens, business as usual cannot go on. There is reason from everyone from Starbucks, WalMart, and Apple to be terrified of this. The ethical, conscious consumer who violates the direct command of simply “Consume!” is not what our economy is based on. We are conditioned not to ask questions about our food or how a new TV at Best Buy is so damn cheap.

A great excerpt above from Bo Eberle’s post titled What’s Really at Stake With Chick-fil-A. I love his message, particularly his deeper point about the Chick-fil-A boycot “messing with American Capitalism.” I agree the boycott does indeed do this and I think that there should be more of it.

I’ve never had a Chick-fil-A sandwich and, quite frankly, I won’t be having one anytime soon.

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