Greed

               In this day and age, convenience and profit seem to far outweigh any moral standards that used to be held in this country. In order to counter the downturn of morality in this nation, one must be wary of which businesses they support. This is where Boycott Connect can be extremely useful. I very much like this idea of having the ability to uncover the corrupt practices of businesses at one’s fingertips. The first step to solving any problem is proper education. This app would give the general public the controversial information needed to keep them up to date on the practices of the businesses they encounter on a daily basis. This opens the door for people to pick and choose what companies they support, and also to spread the word to their communities in order to promote awareness.

               Honestly, it sickens me to know that so many popular companies partake in such terrible practices in order to make a bigger profit. Greed is a monstrous problem consuming this country. It seems as though we have traded in our morality for deeper pockets. In class, they gave examples of child labor in foreign countries being used for extremely large companies. I was astonished to know that this issue is not being address on a bigger scale. It appears that people want to turn a blind eye to injustice to others as long as it keeps products cheap and convenient, which is almost just as immoral as the practices these companies partake in. While one person boycotting a large company might not seem significant, change has to grow from somewhere. The same way social media applications seem to sprout from nowhere, movements like this have the potential to explode given the right circumstances.

               Overall, I fully support this idea and would love to see something like it come to light as a national movement. The morality of this country needs a massive overhaul, and issues like this are as good of a place to start as any. I can only hope people, including myself, can come to cast out convenience and replace it with a clean morality. While I know it will be difficult, I am a firm believer that anything can be accomplished through public education and motivation. Websites and applications such as these have the ability to make injustices like this unable to be ignored, placing them at any user’s fingertips.