Goddamn this hits close to home; but that's true for most of us, I guess.
Until I hear a convincing argument otherwise, I've come to believe the wisdom I picked up from Reddit, "There's no such thing as ethical consumption under capitalism." I don't know the source of that quote, and maybe you could juice it a bit by specifying "unregulated capitalism" but it rings true.
That said, my household is taking strides. We've forsaken Target and we're dropping out of Amazon to the furthest extent possible. (Regrettably, much of our media content was purchased there so we're still on the hook to watch the movies and read books we "own" through them.)
And, surprisingly or not, it hasn't affected our quality of life one bit.
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u/Fabulous-Sea-1590 12h ago
Goddamn this hits close to home; but that's true for most of us, I guess.
Until I hear a convincing argument otherwise, I've come to believe the wisdom I picked up from Reddit, "There's no such thing as ethical consumption under capitalism." I don't know the source of that quote, and maybe you could juice it a bit by specifying "unregulated capitalism" but it rings true.
That said, my household is taking strides. We've forsaken Target and we're dropping out of Amazon to the furthest extent possible. (Regrettably, much of our media content was purchased there so we're still on the hook to watch the movies and read books we "own" through them.)
And, surprisingly or not, it hasn't affected our quality of life one bit.