Consumption / capitalism are two different things, but the answer to your question is no, not in it's current configuration. These companies margins are so tight that even a 10% drop in consumption would be devastating.
Clearly you cannot cut all consumption, but if enough people stop buying crap they don't need, the masters of the universe, that really do hate you, lose.
Cut your cable cord, the cable companies hate you.
You don't need those expensive tennis shoes, Nike hates you.
Your phone works, you don't need new one, Apple/Google hates you.
Your old car can be fixed, fuck their auto regulations and fuck sales tax.
Bring your lunch, the waitress with the purple hair hates you.
You don't need a four bedroom three bath house, your city lives off property taxes, and they hate you.
Home school your kids, the local public school hates you, and your kids.
Brand name consumables are no better than generic, and P&G hates you.
New Xbox, hell no, Microsoft hates you.
That "elite" University is no better, and probably worse than the local community college, and do they ever hate you.
This would all be fixed if the U.S. actually enforced slave labor laws which it doesn't currently for U.S. foreign trade. Most these companies hide behind sub-contractors which are slavers.
About inflation. What, in my opinion, we are seeing is deflation though efficiencies. We are a whole lot better at producing than we used to be. Example, my old man has a farm he's retired to, my great grandfather got 30-40 bushels of corn to the acre, my grandmother got 80- 90 bushels to the acre, my old man just got 210 bushels to the acre. Same land. Look at the quality and price of laptops over the last thirty years. More for less.
Where we have inflation is medicine, housing, education, and general regulation. All four are either controlled by the government or heavily subsidized by the government. The government has 100's of trillions of dollars in debt and long term liabilities. The indebted person looooooves inflation.
I haven't bought anything from Amazon since I joined TD and saw behind the curtain
As soon as I found out the strategy of the company I worked for (American Axle Manufacturing) was China (both sales and sourcing) I made a plan to leave.
I can't boycott MSM because I never watched in the first place.
I dropped facebook, dropped twitter, dropped Netflix, dropped Disney, buy directly from stores into town, if they have a website I buy directly from them, and always check country of manufacture for my products.
I didn’t know that since there aren’t any preservatives in them, salsa only last like a couple days after opening. And one time I let it set for 6 months and ate it. My shit came out liquid for the next 2 days
Trivia: people who do canning and make stuff like jams, salsas, and pickled home goods must use special equipment when canning tomatoes. There's something about tomatoes which makes simple canning impossible / dangerous.
I shop local as much as possible now, much of our monthly costs went up by 30-40% to do so, but we happily pay it. As long as they do not force masks, they get our business.
Unfortunately some staples are either amazon or the mask nazi big chain stores. Not much option for TP, paper towels, and cat food otherwise. Online shopping options in Canada are not nearly as diverse as in the US, most companies shunt their online orders to their amazon storefront. Or they are just as big a corp as amazon and walmart.
I usually do this. Because 9 times out of ten, they offer a discount for using their website as well mainly in the form of “10% off for signing up with us”
Shop Local. Shop small businesses.
But will you do it? I doubt you’ll put your money where your mouth is. Too many addicted to amazon prime.
I'll do you one better, stop consuming.
Honest question. Could the US survive without consuming/ capitalism?
Absolutely, the socialist policies and the leeches that live off them couldn't though.
Break it down for me. I can only imagine job loss. Then what?
Consumption / capitalism are two different things, but the answer to your question is no, not in it's current configuration. These companies margins are so tight that even a 10% drop in consumption would be devastating.
Clearly you cannot cut all consumption, but if enough people stop buying crap they don't need, the masters of the universe, that really do hate you, lose.
Cut your cable cord, the cable companies hate you.
You don't need those expensive tennis shoes, Nike hates you.
Your phone works, you don't need new one, Apple/Google hates you.
Your old car can be fixed, fuck their auto regulations and fuck sales tax.
Bring your lunch, the waitress with the purple hair hates you.
You don't need a four bedroom three bath house, your city lives off property taxes, and they hate you.
Home school your kids, the local public school hates you, and your kids.
Brand name consumables are no better than generic, and P&G hates you.
New Xbox, hell no, Microsoft hates you.
That "elite" University is no better, and probably worse than the local community college, and do they ever hate you.
On and on and on.
Amen brother
This would all be fixed if the U.S. actually enforced slave labor laws which it doesn't currently for U.S. foreign trade. Most these companies hide behind sub-contractors which are slavers.
Global trade is 6% of the economy, rest is service based.
About inflation. What, in my opinion, we are seeing is deflation though efficiencies. We are a whole lot better at producing than we used to be. Example, my old man has a farm he's retired to, my great grandfather got 30-40 bushels of corn to the acre, my grandmother got 80- 90 bushels to the acre, my old man just got 210 bushels to the acre. Same land. Look at the quality and price of laptops over the last thirty years. More for less.
Where we have inflation is medicine, housing, education, and general regulation. All four are either controlled by the government or heavily subsidized by the government. The government has 100's of trillions of dollars in debt and long term liabilities. The indebted person looooooves inflation.
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The highest level of Based right here 👌🏼
I haven't bought anything from Amazon since I joined TD and saw behind the curtain
As soon as I found out the strategy of the company I worked for (American Axle Manufacturing) was China (both sales and sourcing) I made a plan to leave.
I can't boycott MSM because I never watched in the first place.
You can bask in my virtue now :)
me: basking
I dropped facebook, dropped twitter, dropped Netflix, dropped Disney, buy directly from stores into town, if they have a website I buy directly from them, and always check country of manufacture for my products.
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I, too, bask in your glory!
Virtue signal circle jerk!!!! Ohh god this is how the must feel all the time!!!!
I started buying salsa from people who make it handmade from home. No regrets, believe me.
Lol I do the same thing. Only one regret:
I didn’t know that since there aren’t any preservatives in them, salsa only last like a couple days after opening. And one time I let it set for 6 months and ate it. My shit came out liquid for the next 2 days
Trivia: people who do canning and make stuff like jams, salsas, and pickled home goods must use special equipment when canning tomatoes. There's something about tomatoes which makes simple canning impossible / dangerous.
I shop local as much as possible now, much of our monthly costs went up by 30-40% to do so, but we happily pay it. As long as they do not force masks, they get our business.
Unfortunately some staples are either amazon or the mask nazi big chain stores. Not much option for TP, paper towels, and cat food otherwise. Online shopping options in Canada are not nearly as diverse as in the US, most companies shunt their online orders to their amazon storefront. Or they are just as big a corp as amazon and walmart.
Ugh. Canada. Sorry about that. But you’re doing your best. If everyone made some changes we could defeat this monster.
Find it on amazon, see who the seller is, google the seller, contact them directly.
They are the ones in charge of making sure your product gets to you anyway.
Order direct from Amazon sellers please.
I usually do this. Because 9 times out of ten, they offer a discount for using their website as well mainly in the form of “10% off for signing up with us”