[orange character is smiling smugly, doing a finger gun, in front of the “1860 WEEKLY SLAVE MARKET” in which a crowd of people are browsing slaves, while some slaves ask “please help…”]

There is no ethical consumption under capitalism bro, everything is equally bad

I won’t stop buying slaves until the state compels me not to, until then to each their own and let’s agree to disagree and I’ll have you know my family needs their labor

It’s great that you can live without slaves though, keep being an anti-slavery activist it’s awesome!

You’re the best!

https://thebad.website/comic/no_ethical_consumption

  • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I’m confused, didn’t you answer your own question?

    there are people who use that as an excuse to do whatever they like. they don’t care

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      22 hours ago

      I’m confused, didn’t you answer your own question?

      No, there is a difference in motivation between doing whatever you want because you believe it’s hopeless re ‘consuming ethically’, and doing whatever you want because you’ve never given a single thought to the matter of ‘ethical consumption’ at all.

      My contention is simply that the vast majority of people who ‘do whatever’ are in the latter category, that’s all.