Comments on: Mexico Shouldn’t Be Bumming Me Out, Goddammit

By: SneakySnu

SneakySnu — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Fresh from seeing the film Syriana, reading this on top of it, well, it’s one of those mornings in which I want to scream “I HATE THE WORLD!” at the top of my lungs.

It’s not the greed or patriarchal lust of the oil industry and maquiladoras that bugs me most: it’s the deep, deep cynicism, the “fuck them before they fuck us” attitude that I find infinitely depressing.

Thanks for this diary and the links. I wasn’t a big consumer electronics, cars, toys or Tiffany jewelry, but it’s good to know what everyone is up to.

By: Chris Clarke

Chris Clarke — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

:applauds:

By: Betsy

Betsy — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Twisty, you are unstoppable. Your latest coupla posts are phenomenal. I’m sending rays your way, ’cause you do so much for my world.

By: yankee transplant

yankee transplant — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

God, Twisty, keep ‘em comin’! What Betsy said plus you are brilliant!

By: KelliAmanda

KelliAmanda — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

I learn so much from your posts. Thank you, Twisty.

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Good. Thank you.

Hey, is there a list somewhere of corporations from whom we can buy without killing or abusing someone somewhere? I’d love to see it. A large part of the answer to this kind of thing is to buy small and buy local, but the problem is that there is no Mom ‘n’ Pop pharmaceutical or computer manufacturer in my town. Or car company. Or sunglass maker. So whom can we trust with our consumer dollars when we go to buy the kinds of mass-produced goods whose demand drives this kind of deplorable business practice, but without which we can’t really go about normal, modern life? Who will take our money and use it to conduct ethical business, really, completely free of polluting, abusing, or other should-be-criminal practices?

Does anybody have that list?

By: laughingmuse

laughingmuse — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Sara - I don’t know, I’ve got to see if I can find something like that for myself. My ass was chapped when I saw Honda on the list, and now I rage that even my little Civic has evil implications.

Twisty, I loaf you. Thanks for another excellent post.

I may be going to Mexico soon. Holy crap.

By: Dim Undercellar

Dim Undercellar — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

I think there’s a couple of Amish guys up the road from me with a list like that.

Jedediah
Ezekiel
Jeremiah
Abraham
Esther…

By: Sylvanite

Sylvanite — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

But surely the tacos are misogyny-free?

Stuff like this underscores the triviality of my own troubles.

By: Dot

Dot — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Twisty: thank you for this list. Yes, depressing, maddening, but gives me a place to look at for avoiding poisonous crap. I seem to remember that one reason for S. Africa to give up apartheid was global boycotts on their money and exports. Maybe if we can try to live more simply without all the electronics we can flush out our lives and some of this abuse.