mulcahey@lemmy.world to Boycott US@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 days agoToo many people I know are like thislemmy.worldimagemessage-square149linkfedilinkarrow-up1845arrow-down117
arrow-up1828arrow-down1imageToo many people I know are like thislemmy.worldmulcahey@lemmy.world to Boycott US@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square149linkfedilink
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoYep. More important than where you buy things is how much you buy. Best we can do is just boycott everything. Keep your overall economic participation to a minimum.
minus-squareZDL@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoAnd when you must buy, try first to do direct local dealings instead of going through middlemen. I buy my tea from the people growing it, not from some massive repackager and brander, for example. It’s not always possible, but it’s possible more often than people think and you tend to get better stuff at a lower price anyway.
Yep. More important than where you buy things is how much you buy. Best we can do is just boycott everything. Keep your overall economic participation to a minimum.
And when you must buy, try first to do direct local dealings instead of going through middlemen.
I buy my tea from the people growing it, not from some massive repackager and brander, for example.
It’s not always possible, but it’s possible more often than people think and you tend to get better stuff at a lower price anyway.