spending your $ consciously is literally the only way to fix this beast, the entire system is designed towards extracting it…therefor the only way to stress the system is to give your $ to (good) local/private businesses whenever possible.
People will agree amazon is evil and needs to have less power but say it’s too convenient and cheap. They’ll say apple is too powerful while buying every new iPhone. I watch people who say I’m privileged spend more money than I do on everything from food to entertainment. Most people really don’t care about enacting their principles, if it means giving up anything or spending 2 minutes of effort. Is what it is I guess.
I’m screaming this every day, and lemmy is especially ridiculous given our views on capitalism.
In a thread about fast food prices last year, I was told I was privileged for suggesting that, “maybe stop buying their shit?”
If every American had my wife and I’s spending habits, the economy would collapse in 3-4 months.
spending your $ consciously is literally the only way to fix this beast, the entire system is designed towards extracting it…therefor the only way to stress the system is to give your $ to (good) local/private businesses whenever possible.
People will agree amazon is evil and needs to have less power but say it’s too convenient and cheap. They’ll say apple is too powerful while buying every new iPhone. I watch people who say I’m privileged spend more money than I do on everything from food to entertainment. Most people really don’t care about enacting their principles, if it means giving up anything or spending 2 minutes of effort. Is what it is I guess.
This is learned/programmed helplessness.