Boycott Disney. Boycott McDonald’s. Boycott Starbucks. “Oh but it won’t work, it won’t do anything” Yes it will. Boycotts have worked before and they will again. Think of the Montgomery bus boycotts. Think about American women boycotting imported British goods during the revolution.
Why do you think popular media is so quick to discount boycotts as ineffective? Could it possibly be because they work? Could it be because major corporations understand that they work and are scared? Could it be because boycotts have historically been utilized by marginalized groups to assert their views and fight for change within a conflict in which they have no power?
Do not have give in to the apathetic nihilism of “nothing I do matters, so why bother?” That is exactly what oppressors count on. Be critical of the media you consume. Ask questions. Look to history. Boycott.
We must remember the library of Baghdad and Cordoba
Remember. The library of Alexandria always made copies of all thier texts and sent them out to other libraries. So we didn’t actually lose that much with the sacking of the library of Alexandria because copies existed elsewhere. The library of Baghdad was thrown into to river when Ghengis Khan invaded. As far as I’m aware, most works stored there were unique. Carthage also had a significant library that was obliterated along with the rest of the city by the romans. We know very little about the Carthage culture as a result.
