Starting a Girlcott
Feb. 3rd, 2025 01:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ndrosenDecades ago, there was a squabble between the United States and New Zealand over the Kiwis not wanting American nuclear submarines to visit their ports. Some anti-nuclear feminists announced a “girlcott”, meaning that they would make a point of buying New Zealand products (I think the American government had sanctioned them to some degree) to show their support for New Zealand’s position.
I have a similar reaction to President Drumpf imposing 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, while only 10% on China, in alleged response to the existence of fentanyl smuggling, although really, he’s always been a tariff man (his describing himself as such is one rare case of his telling the truth). At the supermarket on Sunday, I bought some Mexican tomatoes, although I would have bought those anyway, and I made a point of buying a bottle of Canadian maple syrup. On my way out, I stopped at the service center, and tried to tell the two women working there about what I was doing.
Neither of them had heard of Trump’s tariffs (illustrating the aphorism, misascribed to Churchill, that the best argument against democracy is five minutes of conversation with the average voter). I told them what Trump had done, and assured them that I would continue buying Mexican and Canadian products, even if I had to pay more due to the tariff. They accepted this politely, but maybe I should find a way to write to the CEO of Giant Foods.
I have a similar reaction to President Drumpf imposing 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, while only 10% on China, in alleged response to the existence of fentanyl smuggling, although really, he’s always been a tariff man (his describing himself as such is one rare case of his telling the truth). At the supermarket on Sunday, I bought some Mexican tomatoes, although I would have bought those anyway, and I made a point of buying a bottle of Canadian maple syrup. On my way out, I stopped at the service center, and tried to tell the two women working there about what I was doing.
Neither of them had heard of Trump’s tariffs (illustrating the aphorism, misascribed to Churchill, that the best argument against democracy is five minutes of conversation with the average voter). I told them what Trump had done, and assured them that I would continue buying Mexican and Canadian products, even if I had to pay more due to the tariff. They accepted this politely, but maybe I should find a way to write to the CEO of Giant Foods.
