I think it's worth noting… It's not just the 1%. Every time we buy something without asking important questions about "who's behind this and what did they do to make it happen" we contribute to the monster. We made this possible by showing billion dollar corporations they can rape the world and we'll still buy their product because it's $3 cheaper than the company doing it the right way and showing companies that want to do it the right way, they better fall in line or get run out of business in the name of efficiency.
I'm not saying every purchase needs to be done with caution, but I do think we need to abandon the "I got this for 3 dollars cheaper!!! Hahahaha" bargain bin shopping culture. The "I buy the best value" culture that doesn't ask about the workers involved shares no small portion of the blame. If you have the chance to think about these things, do it. (If you have the means) show the shareholders that your integrity can't be bought for 62 cents off.
Cheap ultimately isn't cheap. The working class and the professional class failed to heed that warning and it's nearly destroyed the middle class as a whole.
I think it's worth noting… It's not just the 1%. Every time we buy something without asking important questions about "who's behind this and what did they do to make it happen" we contribute to the monster. We made this possible by showing billion dollar corporations they can rape the world and we'll still buy their product because it's $3 cheaper than the company doing it the right way and showing companies that want to do it the right way, they better fall in line or get run out of business in the name of efficiency.
I'm not saying every purchase needs to be done with caution, but I do think we need to abandon the "I got this for 3 dollars cheaper!!! Hahahaha" bargain bin shopping culture. The "I buy the best value" culture that doesn't ask about the workers involved shares no small portion of the blame. If you have the chance to think about these things, do it. (If you have the means) show the shareholders that your integrity can't be bought for 62 cents off.
Cheap ultimately isn't cheap. The working class and the professional class failed to heed that warning and it's nearly destroyed the middle class as a whole.