• afronaut@slrpnk.net
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      Right. But, I’m an American who strives to boycott goods produced by slave labor and/or colonization by my own government because I believe class solidarity transcends borders.

      The BuyEuropean movement is largely nationalistic and uninterested in class solidarity. Don’t get me wrong, I think the entire world should be boycotting American goods. Let the empire collapse, please.

      But, boycotting American goods while still exploiting the Global South for centuries is not a flex.

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        You will never convince a majority of Western people of boycotting anything for a moral reason.

        They boycott America because they finally feel threatened. Just take the W and let them boycott America.

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          You will never convince a majority of Western people of boycotting anything for a moral reason.

          And they will probably stop boycotting when the America fascist-meter drop from 100% to the normal 88%

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            That is very likely. But the American economy is feeble right now. Trump picked a bad timing to go on a tirade.

            American Evangelicals and Zionists are bankrolling European far right parties as well. Europe cutting off America is better for the whole world.