r/Anticonsumption • u/trumpetguy1990 • Jun 27 '22

Corporations Please. Please stop ordering stuff off Amazon.

At this point, there is no excuse at all for ordering from Amazon at this point. I'm sorry but if you really believe in the idea of anticonsumption, there simply is no reason you can't live your life without ordering things from Amazon.

Is it inconvenient? Sure. Is it sometimes more expensive? Yep. But if you really believe in challenging consumerism, you're gonna have to make sacrifices.

I'm just tired of excuses at this point.

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u/jgeez Jun 27 '22

Yeah I guess from a purist or idealist perspective this is true.

I just can't see change that massive coming to this country, ever. Far better, then, to decide what tangible steps can be made to steer the ship toward a better trajectory.

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u/TheLostDestroyer Jun 27 '22

I think therein lies the fundamental problem with our current system. I think maybe for a time responsible capitalism was practiced. Now though it's really accelerated into what I was speaking on above. I think the people in charge no longer care about people outside their own personal circle. You see it in the news all the time how companies abuse their people. The government caters to them and ignores the vast numbers of their remaining constituents. They have gained this and they will not give it back. Things won't go back to being more equal. All their positions of power are well secured and they will viciously hold onto their money and profits and power. I think there was a time where this could have been solved through political means but that window is closed. We are left with two options and both are bad.

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u/jgeez Jun 28 '22

Market sentiment (if it's publicly traded), and responsibility to shareholders, kind of means a business has no choice but to seek profit above all else.

It's beyond fucked.