OP would probably disagree with the concept of a fair wage under a capitalist system. Im not weighing in my opinion here, just explaining the ‘no ethical consumption’ angle goes much deeper than what youre envisioning.
Not so much but close, the system requires winners and losers to maintain class power, it has to be possible to live a good life with the wage you make, you have to know people who engaged and succeeded. The majority also have to be left out of that in this system (credit drives the western spending in an incredible way). No matter how small and local you imagine your circle of influence, it’s actually the whole world due to globalization.
You can’t guarantee that a product you consume doesn’t have parts that aren’t made in the most disgusting of circumstances, just like you can’t guarantee something was shipped by a company that was paying a living wage. You can dig as deep as you want, and you will keep unearthing fresh horrors.
We don’t really have a choice. We have the illusion of choice and evils laundered into ethics.
OP would probably disagree with the concept of a fair wage under a capitalist system. Im not weighing in my opinion here, just explaining the ‘no ethical consumption’ angle goes much deeper than what youre envisioning.
Not so much but close, the system requires winners and losers to maintain class power, it has to be possible to live a good life with the wage you make, you have to know people who engaged and succeeded. The majority also have to be left out of that in this system (credit drives the western spending in an incredible way). No matter how small and local you imagine your circle of influence, it’s actually the whole world due to globalization.
You can’t guarantee that a product you consume doesn’t have parts that aren’t made in the most disgusting of circumstances, just like you can’t guarantee something was shipped by a company that was paying a living wage. You can dig as deep as you want, and you will keep unearthing fresh horrors.
We don’t really have a choice. We have the illusion of choice and evils laundered into ethics.