So I had to buy two of them to get as much as I used to get with one. Each one of these now cost $12. The total ounces of salmon you see here used to cost $7.
So I had to buy two of them to get as much as I used to get with one. Each one of these now cost $12. The total ounces of salmon you see here used to cost $7.
I’m low income, and I vote with my dollar. I go without, and find other sources. If the person who just paid $24 dollars for two pieces of fish (did I read that math problem right?) Can’t afford to vote with his dollar, they’re doing something wrong. But like if they want to pay it, let them. Its more important right now where you spend, than on what. Local grocer? Cool cool. Whole foods? Eat a dick bro. Stop supporting national companies that are supoorting this admin. Fish should be expensive, humans over harvest.
If you want to do so and can afford it, go for it. But without an organized movement backing it, don’t expect it to change their behavior.
This is precisely what I hate about “ethical consumerism.” Not only does it not work, it also pushes people to perseverate and waste energy over individual choices that, again, do not matter and divides us for no good reason. We are all just trying to get through this. Shopping at Whole foods or Amazon does not mean you endorse everything they do. It might just mean you have a dietary restriction that local grocers cannot accommodate or you need things delivered to you because you are disabled. Amazon makes the vast majority of its profits from AWS anyway. Whole Foods could die tomorrow and it essentially would not change anything.
In fact Whole Foods once was your local grocer. That’s how capitalism works. There is no such thing as ethical consumption.
You want change? Organize. Boycott. Strike. Participate in mutual aid groups. If given the opportunity for direct democratic action, vote - with your vote, not your wallet.