Hong Wu wrote:Can you name anything specific in terms of consumer items that are otherwise available to you that you personally sacrifice in the struggle against unchecked industrial capitalism? Lol.
1) You are still really hung up on the concept that being against unchecked industrial capitalism, you have to be entirely against industrial capitalism. I am a syndicalist, not a communist or nativist. I believe in most of capitalism and I don't have delusions of being one with nature.
2) When there is something available organic or recycled? Yes. When it is directly harmful? No. When it supports local producers? Yes. Most of what I'd want is means of resources and production to be changed, not means of distribution. As I said, your saintly industry does everything possible to obfuscate what they are doing in production, so even "organic" is a misleading term.
If there is nothing in the stores to have choice about, you can't blame people for choosing one sin over the other. Gotta eat. Most of what I buy is either digital or food. Digital-wise, I install solar panels and push for clean energy production. Food wise, I try the best I can to find less impactful foods.
3) I regularly buy food from companies I know are syndicates or co-ops, or local family owned, even if Wal-Mart has it on sale. That takes some research and finding, since not every supermarket carries them.
What suggestions do you have about consumer products?