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The Moral High Ground To Ban Shopping on Amazon
The mindset of the person who claims to have the desire to ban Amazon because shopping on Amazon will somehow cause a slowdown for local retailers.
One of my military boot camp instructors (yes, way back in the day) used to have a near-daily mantra:
That huge gap between cowardice and conviction will only shrink when you actually DO what you say!
In other words, if youâre not practicing what you preach, but STILL making a vocal stand about something âevery blue moonâ (especially mostly only when you see others emoting about some perceived injustice), youâre not being congruent⊠or fearless enough to make a difference.
Like so many âwokeâ celebrities and other left-leaning activist type, without much thought, some souls just naturally feel the NEED to espouse their âinner do-goooder-nessâ⊠âcause, well, guess what:
It just seems like the âsocially-spiritualâ hip, acceptable thing to join in on.
Iâm told itâs called Virtual Signaling.
But more on that in a few minutes. First, let me share an interesting exchange with you:
The [unnamed] online sales guru said, âWithin 6 weeks we had a six figure per month revenue stream⊠Just selling customized world maps; the scratch-off kind, on Amazon!â