• 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    Wtf are you talking about? I’m not super rich, but i get some things done with a local tailor and one of the biggest reasons is to support local business and avoid overseas slave labour

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      11 months ago

      “Some things.” So not all of your clothes. In other words, you also can’t afford to wear all cruelty-free clothing.

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      11 months ago

      I look forward to Christmas every year so I can finally get new socks. You might not be super rich, but you’re certainly not poor, either.

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        11 months ago

        You really don’t know what choices someone is making. If you replace clothing about once a decade and don’t own much it’s not very expensive.

        High up front sure but maybe someone is eating cheap bean and rice based food, maybe they don’t buy alcohol, maybe they don’t own a car, maybe they buy used stuff rather than new whatever. There are loads of ways for many people to squirrel away the funds to get an item made here and there. Yeah obvs if you’re destitute it’s impossible and right now with economies going to shit way more people are losing money each week but prior there were choices people could usually make.

        Yes it involves giving up other things and it can be stressful and difficult but that’s expected. Slavery makes things cheap in dollars and high in human misery.