Why is asking for information getting downvoted here? Is the question so silly, so stupid, so unspeakable, as to be worth downvoting?
Even if you know divestment is useless, it sure would be nice to know. And, that wasn’t all Clarity was asking for. Failed shareholder resolutions seem like they could possibly have some influence. Just how much—including if it’s zero—is important information.
I suspect you and I have different voting standards. A post does not need to be stupid or unspeakable to downvote, merely uninteresting and unhelpful.
The underlying question (exit vs voice in ownership as compared to other kinds of membership) might be interesting, but the post doesn’t bring that out very well.
And there’s no way to go foward from this post. It doesn’t say anything concrete enough to agree or disagree with, it doesn’t ask narrow enough questions that people can help to suggest ways to behave or how to further the research and thought.
fundamentally, I downvoted because I didn’t like it.
I am being drained out of karma in this thread because of all the downvotes by defending the poster… :)
But the underlying question about whether not-joining and buying from competitors is also interesting. We all know consumer boycotts work. What he is asking is whether that can be transported into the investment world.
As others replied, there are many more investors than customers, and besides it is a largely anonymous operation, so it is much more difficult to affect a company by making it easier for their competitors to raise capital. I still think it is interesting whether things like Pope calls for people not to invest in arms and oil has had any impact.
Why is asking for information getting downvoted here? Is the question so silly, so stupid, so unspeakable, as to be worth downvoting?
Even if you know divestment is useless, it sure would be nice to know. And, that wasn’t all Clarity was asking for. Failed shareholder resolutions seem like they could possibly have some influence. Just how much—including if it’s zero—is important information.
I suspect you and I have different voting standards. A post does not need to be stupid or unspeakable to downvote, merely uninteresting and unhelpful.
The underlying question (exit vs voice in ownership as compared to other kinds of membership) might be interesting, but the post doesn’t bring that out very well.
And there’s no way to go foward from this post. It doesn’t say anything concrete enough to agree or disagree with, it doesn’t ask narrow enough questions that people can help to suggest ways to behave or how to further the research and thought.
fundamentally, I downvoted because I didn’t like it.
I am being drained out of karma in this thread because of all the downvotes by defending the poster… :)
But the underlying question about whether not-joining and buying from competitors is also interesting. We all know consumer boycotts work. What he is asking is whether that can be transported into the investment world.
As others replied, there are many more investors than customers, and besides it is a largely anonymous operation, so it is much more difficult to affect a company by making it easier for their competitors to raise capital. I still think it is interesting whether things like Pope calls for people not to invest in arms and oil has had any impact.