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criticizing consumerism without critiquing capitalism feels so hollow to me because it's just victim blaming.
I have to live in this system where I'm exploited and deprived of things everyone should have, and someone's gonna give me shit for wanting nice stuff now and then? Fuck off.
Working people should get nice shit, is how I feel. as long as that shit is produced in a way that honors the rights of the people who make it and doesn't exploit people or the planet, we should both produce nice things and let people have those things.
Until then, you're just criticizing a tiny piece of capitalism, the part that tries to find a market for all the goods it produces using the awesome power of exploited labor on a global scale
@interneteh I have a whole rant about "Buy Nothing Day"
@bulkington yeah ...