Is "Be the part of the change you want to see in the world!" bullshit?

[Ahriman]

How do you know that boycotting sweatshops is counter-productive? Do you have specific cases in mind?

Boycotts have sometimes been effective in pushing companies to change.

Yeah, sometimes. But mostly not. If someone offered you a bag of your favorite lollipops, but you had to punch yourself in the face for every lollipop that was in the bag, would you do it? No intelligent person would. It's just not worth it. In the same way, boycotts aren't worth it, because you're doing something very stupid in exchange for a reward that's not really worth it. So even if the boycott works, it still wasn't worth what you put into it.

And being an asshole, while truly knowing what to do, is absolutely better than being a more considerate person who doesn't know what to do.