I’m not talking about boycotting shitty companies, though. Just like, boycotting capitalism. To the degree that’s even possible. We need food, shelter, and utilities.

But clothes? Repair, swap, thrift.

Entertainment? Cancel streaming services, stop going out to movies. Don’t use social media sites that make money by showing you ads. Play cards or board games, read or listen to books from the library. Trade things with friends when you get bored of what you have instead of just buying new stuff. Touch grass.

I’m not saying I do all of this stuff or that it would be easy, but lots of people doing this consistently would make a much bigger difference than boycotting shitty companies piecemeal.

Opting out of consumerism. Not that it’s legal disobedience, but it’s certainly social disobedience that would get the attention of and take power from the corporations who control our politicians. Yes we can’t stop buying everything completely, going to a barter system for everything is not feasible. But we can at least stop buying so much crap.