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It doesn't matter who the president is when the country is actually controlled by wealthy oligarchs. We cannot solve that problem by voting.
Vote with your wallets. Bring back ownership.
Stop subscribing to dumb shit you can be getting for free. Use your brains before your wallets.
And stop saying sigh, Amazon and Bezos suck, but I simply cannot live without throwing my money at them. I tend to hate to be judgy about it, but I think the time has come to pass judgement, for people to put up or shut up. Yes, all corporations are bad. That means we should all be consuming less. But some corporations are definitely worse than others, and every single person who voluntarily gives them money is complicit. They have the power because we give it to them.
I totally agree with what you're saying.
If we keep rewarding people with social praise every time they contribute to the problem, they're going to keep contributing to the problem.
This is what I mean by changing as a culture. We need to value different things.
Yeah, I wish there was a less condescending way to advocate for changing yourself if you can't change the world (not that I'm saying you're condescending, I'm saying it's hard to talk to people about it without sounding like "pull yourself up by the bootstraps"), but I've been really reevaluating this stuff in the last few months and it's helping me a lot. I'm buying less that I don't need and donating that money to causes. I'm trying to focus on what I can do in my world, while still paying attention to the big world, and it's helping me keep a balance. I'm focusing on making myself a better me so I can fight instead of wallowing in helplessness (which I definitely did do for a while).
Great stuff. I find leading by example is the best way to go.
Refusing to buy things in front of your peers is very effective from what I've noticed.