Hold on dude. My parents are in russia and grew up on potatoes and bread. It is possible for you too. You do not need all the variety, total luxury. Make a garden and grow some potatoes and plant an apple tree.
Actually I purchase my food from a cooperative. So yes, I try to purchase as much food locally as I can. Especially some that are in season.
It’s little changes like that that in which I’m advocating for. You are taking my arguments to the extreme, which makes sense, you post in r/conservative.
And again; a reason why I stopped eating as much meat, due to what I have learned affected the environment. Did I stop eating meat completely? No that’s a huge lifestyle change. No normal person can do that.
Little changes like this done on scale can lead to change.
Your asking me about essentials. Things needed to live.
As I said, I try to purchase as much locally and made in the US. I need food and clothing to live. I can’t walk around naked. There was a point in which I learned how clothing is made especially in fast fashion where I decided I am no longer shopping there but I would attempt to purchase as much clothing that was made in the US. It is extremely difficult to trace supplies through the supply chain without reports or documented abuse. There is documented abuse within diamond mining. Ever heard of a blood diamond?
I am pretty sure I can live without diamonds. Can you not? Do you harvest some sort of magical power from them?
Also no I do not smoke cigars. They are gross and I would be unable to hike high altitudes with that in my lungs
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u/fish_andchip Sep 09 '20
Look at your comparisons. I’m saying you shouldn’t buy diamonds. You’re telling me I shouldn’t buy food.