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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Yeah, that's how it works today, but not how it used to be. We keep forgetting the option to not buy crap, which is how this house operates.

So weird hearing all the bitching about capitalism when we collectively buy garbage. Yes, we're screwed in many unavoidable ways, but our consumption is 98% controllable.

Reminds me of my crack whore (most literally) neighbor back in the day. She was making fun of me for buying decent toilet paper when she got the single-ply shit for cheap. "Yeah, but you're using twice as much for more money." "Sucker!"

My wife and I buy almost nothing new and shop Aldi for food. I can walk out of Aldi with almost twice the food as the most expensive grocery 1-mile down the road. Guess which store is swamped with customers and which is nearly empty. For context, this is a redneck suburb of a poor American city.