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No, it is not. That ship has sailed. The reason why they are as powerful as they are is because their companies became structural and feudalistic in nature. We,
by camillomiller 1y ago
No, it is not.
That ship has sailed.
The reason why they are as powerful as they are is because their companies became structural and feudalistic in nature.
We, non billionaires, are a new form of consumer that is more akin to indentured servitude than free-will choosers of products.
If you think that’s still all it is, well you’re drinking a very late-stage-American-capitalism brand of kool aid.
- StopDisinfo910 1y agoNo offense but if you truly believe that and it’s not sarcastic, you have been brainwashed. It’s not particularly difficult at all to only buy local or through local intermediaries. Amusingly the internet brought us both the scourge of ultra large distant foreign corporations and easy access to local supply chains because it made discovering suppliers close to you easy. Where you do your shopping is actually extremely significant and meaningful. You can support your community and its prosperity very easily with your wallet this way. I think a significant part of why this is not put forwards more is actually because of how impactful it is and how contrary to the interest of the few it goes.
- camillomiller 1y agoThat’s not true. In many ways and many places monopolies like Amazon or the mega restaurant chains effectively killed any viable alternative for low-income people