We should all be going after corporations and lobbyists, not individuals.
If we “go after” corporations and lobbyists, the individuals who buy their products will defend them.
We can’t effectively fight factory farming when meat eating individuals demand politicians protect their hamburgers.
We can’t effectively fight Big Oil when individual drivers demand politicians give them cheap gas and wider roads.
We can’t effectively fight plastic production when individual customers demand plastic straws and bags and disposable everything.
The idea that we can change capitalist society from the top down is a fiction designed to lull the individual consumer into a state of mindless consumption. You can keep driving and eating meat and throwing away bag after bag of plastic, without guilt, because they tell you your individual choices don’t matter. You can continue living your unsustainable lifestyle and buying everything the capitalist machine sells, because you’re voting for the right politicians, and that means you’re doing your part.
If we “go after” corporations and lobbyists, the individuals who buy their products will defend them.
We can’t effectively fight factory farming when meat eating individuals demand politicians protect their hamburgers.
We can’t effectively fight Big Oil when individual drivers demand politicians give them cheap gas and wider roads.
We can’t effectively fight plastic production when individual customers demand plastic straws and bags and disposable everything.
The idea that we can change capitalist society from the top down is a fiction designed to lull the individual consumer into a state of mindless consumption. You can keep driving and eating meat and throwing away bag after bag of plastic, without guilt, because they tell you your individual choices don’t matter. You can continue living your unsustainable lifestyle and buying everything the capitalist machine sells, because you’re voting for the right politicians, and that means you’re doing your part.
Come on.