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There is no ethical consumption under capitalism. Just live your life

Anyone with enough money to influence society already has enough money to influence society. Given them another $3 doesn’t make you complicit

If they have problematic views but aren’t pushing them on society… Well, no one is perfect.

Ultimately, voting with your wallet is a lie. Best sellers aren’t the best books, they’re the ones boosted by publishers and public figures. Just like the record industry - there’s people who are literally choosing the winners and losers

What’s the ultimate ethical implication of using ketchup at McDonald’s vs buying a dipping sauce? There certainly is one, tiny as it might be. Use that energy to do good things, you’ll make a far greater difference calling a senator than buying a lifetime of books

Or just sidestep it all and pirate it or check it out at a library

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SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I bought a book about communism yesterday off of Amazon.

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- theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Cool? That sounded like it was meant as a rebuttal, but that’s my whole argument.
  
  You can’t live a truly moral life under capitalism, but you can fight to change the system while living in the system. There’s no hypocracy in that, suggesting otherwise is just a mid-wit talking point
  
  Now, if we got together and organized a boycott against Amazon and you broke it, that would be a different story
  
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CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
“Everything sucks so do nothing” is exactly how evil stays in power.

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- theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  That’s not what I’m saying. I’m saying live your life and save your energy for where it would actually make a difference
  
  Collective action works, voting with your wallet is a way to make people think they don’t need to organize
  
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  - CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Well my attitude is
    
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    theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    You can do that…I mean consuming less is great
    
    But only one of these things meaningfully helps fix systematic problems, but they both make you feel like you’re doing something meaningful
    
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