Yes, as a consumer of the oil industry, I’m farther removed from the oil industry; so I have more leeway to criticize the oil industry than a government employee or contractor criticizing the hand that feeds.
Non-sequitur, does not follow, nor is it supported by facts presented or at hand.
As an employee, you draw a wage from the employer – you are a cost to the company. Hopefully you produce more than you cost.
As a consumer, you are a source of profit to the company. You have a choice of alternate products. You could choose to go electric and have your own solar farm. By choosing an industry, you are providing support for it.
From a standpoint of supporting an industry, a consumer is much more important that an employee. There has to be someone to sell the goods to.
