I started in January and the plan is to buy nothing except essentials and only replace when something is broken or used up. No business at businesses who could care less about the communities they are in. So far its been great, I get a little thrill from not participating in the madness.
Same here. If it ain't broke, don't replace it. I'm actually enjoying the hunt for things I need at local retailers. It is too easy to point and click to buy things we don't need. And local small businesses suffer.
I believe decreasing our consumerism/consption is our best weapon. How did the broligarchs get there? By convincing us we need their product. And then we gave our money to them.
But we can reverse that. And that is our superpower.
Yes, absolutely. We willingly fed the beast for years because who enjoy the ease of buying fun new things delivered to our doors, or tweeting our brains out online. But now the beast is fat and we are being left by the wayside. We can stop feeding it. It's time to starve the rich.
Lots of great suggestions in this piece. Good work DL. ✔
I started in January and the plan is to buy nothing except essentials and only replace when something is broken or used up. No business at businesses who could care less about the communities they are in. So far its been great, I get a little thrill from not participating in the madness.
Same here. If it ain't broke, don't replace it. I'm actually enjoying the hunt for things I need at local retailers. It is too easy to point and click to buy things we don't need. And local small businesses suffer.
I believe decreasing our consumerism/consption is our best weapon. How did the broligarchs get there? By convincing us we need their product. And then we gave our money to them.
But we can reverse that. And that is our superpower.
Thanks for the suggestions
Yes, absolutely. We willingly fed the beast for years because who enjoy the ease of buying fun new things delivered to our doors, or tweeting our brains out online. But now the beast is fat and we are being left by the wayside. We can stop feeding it. It's time to starve the rich.