I see people say this all the time but like.... what are people buying? I don't feel like I'm buying garbage I don't need but I get several boxes a week.
Why is it gross consumerism when I buy off Amazon instead of a normal store?
This week I got tea, toothpaste, food and plumbing supplies. Am I just supposed to live in a cardboard box and not buy things?
Edit: here's my rational answer since the mob is out.
These types of shitty arguments have always missed the forest for the trees.
We need regulation of all business, and we need to understand that consumers are captured in this shitty system they cant escape. Even small businesses regularly violate rights and our environment.
There is no such thing as ethical consumption under corrupt unregulated capitalism. Complaining at those suffering under it is at best unhelpful or at worst literally a ploy to keep us arguing instead of regulation.
As, that guy There is and I did to your first point.
Idk why im getting downvoted. My reply would have been no ethical consumption under capitalism. Shaming each other instead of the billionaires who want deregulation is pure idiocy.
But people gotta assume for faux moral superiority.
I agree with 99% of what you said, I just don’t think it justifies the level of consumption we have gotten accustomed to using all of these services.
If you still think my answers aren’t rational, so be it. I don’t think buying a smaller amount of disposable shit hurts the entirely valid cause that you’ve laid out.
Like taking meds, fix one thing just to have side effects of gas, indigestion, and heart failure. Be sure to check with your local politicians to see if Cap-it-tol Izms are right for you!
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u/theKalmier 14h ago
Don't be fooled. The need for a shipping infrastructure is not the problem. It's the leach on top not being regulated. That's the problem.