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Re:Consumers Are Becoming Wise to Your Nudge by chillwaves on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @12:40PM (#20286653)
Corporations get to define themselves. They can also dissolve and reform. Can an "Elbonian" do the same?

"Collective punishment" applied to a corporation is called a boycott and I see zero problem with consumers expressing their preference in this way. Zero.

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Re:Consumers Are Becoming Wise to Your Nudge by JadeNB on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @04:20PM (#20288728)
> "Collective punishment" applied to a corporation is called a boycott

I think that's not the usual meaning of 'collective punishment'. I believe that term is usually applied when many people are subjected to punishment in retaliation for the deeds of one person (or of only a few), not when one person (or corporation) is subjected to punishment by many people.

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