Why yes *eats caviar* I am *drinks champagne* a socialist *invests in the stock market* and uh *spits on a fast food worker* there is no such thing as ethical consumption under capitalism *drives away in a BMW*
So punching individual Nazis is good praxis but trying to make consumer choices which might hinder the most egregious capitalist institutions is just smug liberalism... because somehow punching individual Nazis is a systemic answer while altering consumption habits ain't?
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individual nazis are a threat. individual soup cans or pairs of shoes aren't. individual refusal to consume is still a consumer decision, and that's why it's not revolutionary. your consumption choices don't matter, and neither do mine.
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Individual Nazis are an easy target and much less of a threat than your average CEO.
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a CEO's power isn't challenged by one person not buying a product they sell millions of a day. do you think taking shorter showers and using more efficient lightbulbs would stop global warming?
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No, but abolishing animal agriculture would.
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*industrial farming of both animals and plants
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