“Every purchase is a vote for the world you want — there's no ethical consumption under capitalism”
Agree
- All supply chains involve exploitation somewhere
- Individual choices can't solve systemic problems
- Ethical consumption is mostly performative virtue
- Poverty makes ethical choices impossible anyway
Disagree
- Buying fair trade actually does help workers
- Consumer pressure drives corporate behavior change
- Giving up means accepting exploitation forever
- Small acts compound into cultural shifts
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