julianschmulian

„bethany bongiorno“ is the most made-up sounding name I‘ve ever heard

i thicc therefore i am

I partly agree but I do think you have cause and effect (or disease and symptom if you will) swapped around. You‘re saying people don‘t do boycotts because they are futile. I would say it‘s the other way around and to answer OPs question, I think it largely comes down to commodity and mindlessness. But either way I think you are definitely right to suggest there must be systemic change and that all of this co2 compensation bullshit is just corporations guilt-tripping us into thinking we can consume our way out of this mess. However, the problem is that both approaches, the personal boycotts and the systemic change share a common factor, which is the requirement of mass action. If people aren‘t mindful enough to stop buying a particular kind of yoghurt, how are you ever going to get them to vote, much less stage a revolution? I think we need to get out of our passivity and boycotting things is a step in the right direction to establish a feel for personal agency.

jokes on you i almost always use wireless 🕶️

I‘m guessing you already know about David Graber‘s Bullshit Jobs?

quick reminder that muji uses slave labor from xinjiang

https://www.fastcompany.com/90635837/muji-is-a-beloved-japanese-housewares-brand-why-is-it-advertising-ties-to-forced-labor

awesome thanks, turns out I saw and loved a lot of their stuff (like titane, memories of murder, triangle of sadness) but never realized they were from the same studio

what are some other studios to keep an eye on?

thanks, I tried that for a few days but turns out I can‘t live without a search function.. trying wefwef now! so far pretty great

which app are you using? I can‘t seem to find any on my (Swiss) AppStore..