We are watching #ICE agents aka weak foot soldiers, kill people in the streets.
The same way the US empire has been funding a #genocide for decades and throughout history to maintain dominance.
This has been normalized in our #capitalist and #consumerist culture. It is not just or moral.
If the people don't shut it down via #generalstrike and #workingclass #solidarity, history has shown us, another power eventually will.
The USA experiment is a complete failure.
as long as the wealthy, which is a good part of us white people, do not change their #consumerist, #extractivist, #capitalist, #collionalist ways, are not willing to live with less so others can live at all - this is the future we are going:
more & more authoritarian nations ending the world in endless war over the last bits & pieces that help them pretend that one day all of their peasants will get rich if they just support another #war. #trump just drew the blueprint for it.
@straits_times
The $650mio in projected savings could arguably be underestimated, as #preventive #healthcare is deemed to be not growth-centric by #bigpharma & #consumerist #privatehealthcare providers. But lifestyle changes & interventions driven by preventive healthcare principles is part of global #SDG & should be an integral part of long-term #sustainability strategies to foster national well-being & #happiness. Prioritize #lifestyle solutions b4 #medication.⚕️🇸🇬
#SG60 #Singapore #Asean #Asia
"I don’t think it is about harping back to a simpler life per se, but a life that would be genuinely #meaningful + #sustainable. If the #modern #industrial - #consumerist world was a viable project, then he’d be seen as a daydreamer, but it isn’t ..." fivebooks.com/best-books/m... #books
Modern Classics
#DestinationWeddings also put the emphasis squarely on a #consumerist #spectacle rather than a substantive #ceremony …
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3lsocxlhaak2k
How #consumerist #capitalism defeated #environmentalism: ”Consumer choice”
By appealing to a naive & narrow idea of ”freedom”, environmentally friendly products were cast as niche.
By being priced above what poor people could afford, they were bound to become an elitist product from the start.
Environmentalists supporting this scam painted themselves into a corner: Environmentalism was not for the poor, who were left out of the hope of saving the planet.
Finally, they grew tired of it.
Or it's a rejection of #mindlessconsumption?
Commentary: Is #underconsumption the new #consumption?
"Every generation thinks that they have stumbled onto something new & innovative, but soon realises tt it’s mostly been done before. With underconsumption core, I doubt tt anyone #GenX & older will bat an eyelid.. Underconsumption - or just normal consumption - requires practices tt #overconsumption doesn't: #Selfdiscipline & #restraint, especially in a #consumerist world"
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/underconsumption-trend-tiktok-regular-consumption-recycle-second-hand-frugal-4682346
@pixel @lumi then I guess the level of pain isn't high enough for them to make the switchover to something evidently better...
Call me a "#BenevolentDictator" in that sense, but I refuse to obey #TechIlliterates demanding me to use #enshittified garbage...
And yes, it's hard not to become bitterly sarcastic about this issue...
!["ShadowChild" [NPC in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - System Rift] replying to criticism re: hacking rich peoples' private cloud accounts:
"[...] Privacy stopped being a right when everyone started using "free" email accounts and Smartphones... [...]"](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/113/217/980/767/658/423/original/f55d1d72eeb088c8.png)
Starting university? Here’s the ultimate guide on what to take – by students themselves.
Good concept for an article that then turns into full-on #consumerist bollox; from the ‘environmentally conscious’ daily newspaper, The Guardian.
🤦🏻♂️
And now, a quick little list of sites I used to visit daily, but have fallen off my radar - with reason why.
#IMDB
Amazon killed off the news sections, so I now only use it to look things up.
#boxofficemojo
Amazon killed off the news sections. Replaced with TheNumbers.
The #Consumerist
Site sold then shutdown.
#Lifehacker
Changes in leadership and ownership caused site content to become more "mainstream" and clickbait like.
#Last.fm
Site design pushed social media aspects above discovery. Radio service discontinued.
#Google Music
Site focus changed from listening to my uploaded music to buying new music. Replaced with Jellyfin.
reddit
CEO fully stated his soulless love for money. Replaced with Lemmy.
#twitter
Site purchased by #elonmusk. Replaced with Mastodon.
Geeks of Doom
Site no longer updated.
Oh, the Horror!
Site no longer updated.
Ok, I thought #LucidMotors is funded by #Dubai, which would be questionable, at best, but I was wrong.
They're funded by #MohammedBinSalman (#MBS) as part of his 2030 campaign for #SaudiArabia, like #NEOM's #TheLine project, and many others.
So, even if I had the money, I couldn't buy the two #LucidAir models I lust after, the Grand Touring for every day use and road trips, and the Sapphire for going out on the town.
Poor ass #consumerist problems 😢
The West’s Climate-Catastrophe is “native” to the mess we are in
Why do we still keep worshipping the #deathcult? As we stand on the precipice of onrushing #climatechaos and spreading social break down that spreads from this, it should be clear that much of the world remains on the path of what we usefully call the DeathCult a term to describe the pervasive, destructive ideology that prioritizes power, wealth, and control over human life and our collective survival. The worship of this cult is easy to see in the #mainstreaming responses that are less […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-wests-climate-catastrophe-is-native-to-the-mess-we-are-in/
Dear Friends of #drones, :ablobgoodnight:
#Today I have been guzzling ginger beer and #sipping #Port.
Eating #Homemade #twittermass … eh sorry Siri, X-Mass #Cake.
All delicious!
I am #pleased to report we have been #gifted:
Well I must #admit I was more #tempted by the #unavailable #courses:
As I was a little drunk was able to be admonished by Siri on two separate spook devices … eh … table phones.
Yep! Peeps feel it is safe to have phones on, and on the table.
Therefore think it is OK to hijack other peoples devices by saying hey Siri and …
talking over their efforts and issuing commands to turn themselves off permanently and provide a list of swear words they do not recommend etc.
I am a #bad, bad #juvenile #hostess. Too #Bad! More #tips #welcome?
Anyways, we all had a great #FunTime, Apart from #Siri the Artificial Imbecile (#AI)
Gaia coming soon. General Ass-kicking Inclusive Assistant :black_block_blob:
Dear Friends of Real #Watches, :ablobdancer:
Just #updated the #date on my real #analogue dial, ‘stupids’ watch:
Mine was a #present, not very expensive. May look at some of the #extra #features. Needs a new strap. Maybe I’ll make one or just found a very cheap watch and might just #transfer the strap …
Do you have a #consumerist #clown watch and tracking, data collection, device instead? You probably use your phone. Same thing. :ablobsplosion:
Dear friends of the #unexpected,
Later in the day, my sibling arrives for #homemade #flan (#savoury open #pie).
#Meanwhile … #Apple the well known closed #computing systemic #consumerist marketing is slowly wondering how to increase margins.
Personally I am moving towards #dried and #tested #Linux. More #Free software. And creating new AI (Actual Intelligence)
Imported marketing bollocks is certainly not on MY mind. This US phenomenon is not relevant to #australia - why should we get all lathered up into a #consumerist frenzy?
Why do #Australians have to slavishly copy US consumerist culture?
#BuyNothingDay #CircularEconomy #capitalism (screengrab from Sydney Morning Herald) #auspol
Oh, these are the specific incense that prompted this #consumerist #anxiety spiral: https://seawitchbotanicals.com/products/mabon-incense-with-all-natural-coffee-vanilla-bergamot-spices
Hope you will be successful! 👍
It's hard for many people to leave a #consumerist state-of-mind and get themselves involved in a #cooperative.
🌺
@SiegePerilous
Gave up cards and presents, other than for children, over thirty years ago.
#Christmas is a cancerous #consumerist waste. I wrote this short piece about the problem on my blog back in January 2005:
'Crap Gift Mountain: £881 Million of Bread Makers and Foot Spa's.
According to Radio Four this morning there are £450 million worth of unused foot-spa's and £431 million of unused bread makers languishing unused in British homes. These items, unwanted gifts, show us much that is wrong with the way we do things.
£881 million of technology, human effort, scarce resources, all wasted. Of course, this is just bread makers and foot-spa's. Think of all the other unwanted gifts and you start to get to very scary numbers. The resource waste is the most appalling aspect. The manufacture of many of these gifts uses energy, water, plastics - oil and precious metals. These are all scarce resources which could, without exception, be used to great benefit elsewhere.
Gift-giving is about the ego of the giver. Presents are bought to support the self-image of the buyer. This is why they are so often wrong for the receiver. Will your gifts end up on the ever expanding "Crap Gift Mountain"?'
> .. #TheMarket cannot guarantee integral human development and social inclusion.. we have “a.. ‘superdevelopment’ of a wasteful and #consumerist kind which forms an unacceptable contrast with.. ongoing.. #dehumanizing deprivation”.. while we are.. too slow in developing economic institutions and social initiatives which can give the poor.. access to basic resources.. our.. failures.. have to do with the direction, goals, meaning and social implications of technological and #EconomicGrowth.
