Last week I wrote about feeling that I needed to write letters to more companies:
https://sporkful.blogspot.com/2025/02/check-in-with-yourself.html
It surprised me. Letting companies know that they had lost my business for political reasons felt morally important, but I doubted that it would be that effective.
I assumed that it would be a way of clarifying my thoughts or maybe reinforcing my assertiveness, which is fine. I didn't expect much beyond that.
As I do it, it seems to be important in two different areas.
One is just a matter of better understanding.
To figure out which additional companies to write to, I took another look at the previous lists. These related to companies contributing to the inauguration and companies going against Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
For entities backing down from DEI, some of them are government entities. While it should seem shocking that Public Broadcasting Services and the Smithsonian would back down, they may not really have an choice not to.
That doesn't necessarily mean not communicating, but is there a different way to do it? Can it be understanding and encouraging?
Also on that list is the Federal Bureau of Investigation. There are strong indications that white supremacists have been infiltrating the FBI as well as local police forces, so I don't doubt at all that there are people there who are into all the white supremacy they can get.
They have also investigated white supremacists and sometimes been helpful.
Is there something to say? Would it draw unnecessary surveillance? I don't know, but I will think about it.
Hey look! An article about the FBI investigating white supremacists infiltrating law enforcement on PBS.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/fbi-white-supremacists-in-law-enforcement
It's older, but talk about convergence!
In addition, looking at the donations to Trump's inauguration, the most common amount was $1 million, sometimes $1 million each from the company and from the CEO. However, there are other companies that donated $250,000, where it seems likely that they could have easily donated the full million. Is that a passive aggressive insult? Something resented but that feels necessary to avoid retribution?
I don't know that I can find clear answers, but I am clearly going to need to be doing more searching and trying to understand.
It fits in my wheelhouse.
The other thing is that I have been feeling that I need to post the letters I write.
Maybe that relates to the article I mentioned Tuesday, about Amazon sales and stocks falling, but them attributing it to shoppers finding lower prices elsewhere. What if it is more boycotting but they don't know? Then more people need to tell them.
Which means I want to try and encourage more people to do so. If capitalism is what we're doing, then corporate decisions have consequences. The people can decide to punish corporations doing bad things.
The way that feels right to do this at this time is posting a letter on Facebook daily until I am done. I will start next week.
It may give other people ideas. It will probably evolve as I do it more.
That's been the pattern.
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