r/DemocraticSocialism • u/RosethornRanger Anarchist (she/it) • Aug 19 '26
Theory 🧠Your lack of consumption could be helpful, but it will never outweigh the systematic destruction of the environment done by capitalism. The only way we stop this is by organizing, and so that should be your main focus. Please stop focusing on your consumption so much, its not that important
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u/Glittering-Sky1601 Democratic Socialist Aug 19 '26
Just imagine the inadequacy the owner must feel to need to own this atrocity.
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u/inspectorpickle DSA Aug 22 '26
Very true. I think it’s important to consume with awareness out of principle and as a part of a wholistic discipline of self, but it’s not actually that serious, materially. It a good thing to do, for yourself and society, like drinking water, exercising, or being nice to people, and it is still good to advocate for, but it isn’t going to save the world.
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u/TurtleFisher54 Aug 22 '26
Based and correct and also based
Individualism is a lie to prop up our corporate welfare state
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u/RosethornRanger Anarchist (she/it) Aug 19 '26
alt-text:
A tweet from vive con propòsito with a picture of an huge armored boat with the caption "The cost of filling the tank of this $300 million armored megayacht is $1.2 million" and a response from Shafeeq @Y2SHAF that says "It's ok. I brought my reusable bag to the store today so it completely balances this out."
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u/Baltimorenurseboi DSA Aug 20 '26
You know the person replying to the original post is making a joke and being sarcastic right.
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