IamThunderbolt
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or to use TOMS Shoes as an example (from the cultural capitalism angle disregarding other issues with the company):
- buying TOMS is a good thing in the sense that a need is being met and one is purchasing from TOMS rather than a blatant sweat shop made shoe.
- buying TOMS is a bad thing because it gives the false sense to the consumer that they have actually done something to alleviate the problem, thus enabling them to not look at underlying issues and leaving the structure of the oppressive system intact.
- buying TOMS is a good thing in the sense that a need is being met and one is purchasing from TOMS rather than a blatant sweat shop made shoe.
- buying TOMS is a bad thing because it gives the false sense to the consumer that they have actually done something to alleviate the problem, thus enabling them to not look at underlying issues and leaving the structure of the oppressive system intact.