This is perfect. I’m so frustrated with people dismissing this movement because the protesters wear clothes and own computers. Obviously the point is not that we shouldn’t be able to buy anything, but that corporations must have accountability so that when (/if) we buy what they’re selling (because sometimes we have to), we’re engaging in a just and democratic system instead of perpetuating a corrupt system that abuses its unrighteous power.while i think this picture does bring up an interesting point, it makes far too many broad assumptions to really be valid or fair. we absolutely need to recognize our role in perpetuating injustice by directly or indirectly supporting the corporations we are protesting against. we cannot defer all the blame onto those at the top of these systems, because it is our compliance with them that allows them to continue. HOWEVER, the way in which our society is set up often doesn’t leave us with much choice. even if we have the means to be more conscious consumers (or non-consumers), we often support these systems of oppressions simply by virtue of existing, and our voice and our resistance is drowned out by those in power because they benefit from making us feel as though we cannot make a difference.
this is a lie.
you do not need to do everything, but to do everything that you can to stand against injustice. you cannot take down this system single handedly, but you can start to chip away at it. don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can. we are all hypocrites in some way or another. the point is not just to recognize this, but to start to change ourselves, and by consequence, the world. it is a long process to disentangle ourselves from the capitalist, consumerist web that’s been woven for us, that we’ve helped to web. but please, don’t lose heart. we are not alone, and hope is not lost, so long as we who dare to dream wake up and start to actualize.
