Agreed! Of course you can’t just stop shopping for food or clothing. Yes, your phone was probably made by kids. But do you really have to order bullshit from TEMU? Will that actually improve your live? Do you have to order everything you need from Amazon or could you also find the same items for cheaper in a used store? If you want some fast food, does it have to be Mc D? Why not go to the independent burger place?
It might be impossible to completely avoid unethical consumption, but it isn’t that hard or expensive to consume more ethical where you can.
If you want some fast food, does it have to be Mc D? Why not go to the independent burger place?
lil bit of devil’s advocate, the options in my small town other than McDs are the restaurants and bars that are swarmed by yuppies from the big city near by driving up prices while they cosplay rural living or a dirty little cafe that’s open for 5 hours a day because retirees are 100% of their business.
Agreed! Of course you can’t just stop shopping for food or clothing. Yes, your phone was probably made by kids. But do you really have to order bullshit from TEMU? Will that actually improve your live? Do you have to order everything you need from Amazon or could you also find the same items for cheaper in a used store? If you want some fast food, does it have to be Mc D? Why not go to the independent burger place?
It might be impossible to completely avoid unethical consumption, but it isn’t that hard or expensive to consume more ethical where you can.
lil bit of devil’s advocate, the options in my small town other than McDs are the restaurants and bars that are swarmed by yuppies from the big city near by driving up prices while they cosplay rural living or a dirty little cafe that’s open for 5 hours a day because retirees are 100% of their business.
Get a Fairphone (when your current one dies).
i really wish they’d start selling in the US.
Probably not in the next 4 years or so.
This site is linked on the website for fairphone as a US retailer. No clue if its trust worthy but it may be worth a look.