• ryan_@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    Vote with your wallet. Money is the only thing that matters to the people in charge here

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          23 days ago

          Where possible, avoid buying from companies that are complicit.

          Unless you buy from local creators/farmers, EVERYONE is complicit.

          • throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works
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            23 days ago

            But your local farmers likely voted for the more genocidal candidate. Does that count as being complicit?

            Also, their seeds likely have to rebought every year from some corporation, due to patents BS, meaning you are still indirectly supporting evil.

            Ah fuck, we’re all gonna end up in The Bad Place.

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        22 days ago

        Buy local, in cash.

        Every card transaction benefits the big credit card companies, all of which are complicit. Local businesses are some of the ones hit hardest from all of this and will need your support.

        Avoid chains owned by local folks, too. Those big chains still benefit even if it’s your neighbor that owns the local McDonalds.

        Support things the government is trying to destroy, like your local library, and your local stores that sell LGBT positive merchandise.

        Make friends with your neighbors. Grow things in your yard that they need and trade for stuff you need. Many folks that seem in agreement with all of this really aren’t if you know them. We are stronger together.

        In regards to home gardens, Not everyone needs everything, but everyone needs something. If you can get chickens or some kind of egg laying fowl, then that’s a possibility as well. Guineas are fighters and do well in areas without a lot of brush or low trees.

        Bike as much as you can. Avoid gas as much as you can. Ride the bus or a train. Don’t fly anywhere. Install solar panels if you are able. Capture rain water and use it for your garden.

        Buy used as much as possible, especially clothes.

        Replace your single use materials in your home with reusable ones. Rags instead of paper towels, glass containers instead of plastic ones, metal straws, and a water pick instead of floss.

        Make things. Anything. Don’t monetize your hobbies, share them instead. Trade homemade goods and art for other stuff.

        Avoid the dollar as much as possible, and use cash when you can’t.

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      23 days ago

      Thanks for attempting an answer. I’ve got to say this feels laughable in light of what’s going on.